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Maned wolf, Distributed maned wolf, and food maned wolf part 2

Maned wolf, Distributed maned wolf, and food maned wolf

Maned wolf, Distributed maned wolf, food maned wolf, Mating season in maned wolf, and maned wolf legs

Eat maned wolf food both plant and animal origin. Because of the small size and reclusive predators hunt mostly small animals: rodents, armadillos, birds and masonry as well as eat insects. To catch prey in the tall grass wolf uses acute hearing. Approaching close enough, the animal has a paw on the ground, causing the victim to express themselves, then catches her and catches.Weak jaw maned wolf does not allow him to tear and chew food, so she swallowed almost entirely. Animal food diversity bananas, guava, and other roots and tubers of plants.

Mating season in maned wolf

Mating season in maned wolf falls in the period from August to October (in the video above, you can watch their courtship). Lair arranged in natural caves or in the grass, do not dig burrows predators. After two months of pregnancy the female bears 2-3 blind baby. Their legs, unlike adults, short, and grow over time. Long time puppies are fed parents, belching them food.

maned wolf legs

Interestingly, the maned wolf legs, which are comparable in length with legs cheetah, do not allow him to run fast because of the anatomy of the body. The main purpose of such long legs - the ability to survey the neighborhood, while in the high grass. Scientific studies have also shown that this animal can not be called a relative of the wolf or fox. Maned wolf is probably a relict species that survived the extinction of other canine predators Pleistocene period that lived in South America.