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Sunday, December 1, 2013

Aardwolf, Aardwolf Reproduction, Food Aardwolf part 3

Aardwolf, Aardwolf Reproduction, Food Aardwolf

Aardwolf, Aardwolf Reproduction, Food Aardwolf, The number of Aardwolf

Ground wolf - carnivore, but unlike the closely related species of hyenas, he - insectivorous. His typical diet - termites (Trinervi), insect larvae, and occasionally eggs of birds nesting on the ground. Protel periodically produces small mammals and birds. Due to the narrow specialization and food needs in a particular food, ground wolves found in regions where there are termites family Hodotermitidae. Termites of this family, in turn, depend on the distribution of some species of grasses and therefore their most populated some fields and savannahs, including farmland. Studies have shown that "addiction" earth wolf to arid regions has its reasons. This kind of specialized in nutrition not just termites, which are on the scale of Africa, there are about 150 species, and only a certain kind of termite nosed Trinervitermes, who live exclusively in the dry areas of the African tropics and subtropics. These termites live in organized family "states", feed pulp , built of clay (and numerous other species of termites in Africa) evolved elevated hills jacks ("termite"). But in contrast to most other types of these termites feed on wood and do not move in the tunnels due to dietary habits. Nosed termites Trinervitermes harvest grass under the open sky, regularly travels along the surface of the earth. In winter, when this kind of little termites active aardwolf switched to another type of termites that are active late dnem.U Protel no powerful claws or forepaws like anteaters, so he can not break into termite mounds, but it has a long and sticky tongue, which it is used to extract termites. This method allows him to eat at the same time a large number of termites. Average per night aardwolf can eat 200-300 thousand termites. This predator tries to memorize the location of termite mounds, which often returns to rid themselves of the need to find new ones. Lack of excavation wolves strong teeth and jaws, typical hyenas - an adaptation to their diet as insectivorous animals. Wolves are often close to carrion, but they do not eat it, but instead they eat grubs and other insects (and their larvae) that surround the dead animals.

The number of Aardwolf

Natives traditionally hunt wolves on earth for their meat and fur. This species is rare everywhere, but not among endangered. Observing them difficult nocturnal and total secrecy of the animal. The main threat to him are dog attacks, traffic accidents and poisoning by toxic substances used against insect pests. Earthmoving wolves play an important role in controlling populations of termites. In the list of the International Red Book aardwolf has the status of Lower Risk: Least Concern.

Aardwolf and man

Some people prey on earth wolf because of its fur, which is considered valuable, sometimes they are hunted and as a source of supply. Farmers consider these wolves useful and harmless animals.

Aardwolf, Aardwolf Reproduction, Food Aardwolf, The number of Aardwolf

Aardwolf, Aardwolf Reproduction, Food Aardwolf

Aardwolf, Aardwolf Reproduction, Food Aardwolf, The number of Aardwolf

Aardwolf, Aardwolf Reproduction, Food Aardwolf

Aardwolf, Aardwolf Reproduction, Food Aardwolf, The number of Aardwolf

Aardwolf, Aardwolf Reproduction, Food Aardwolf

Aardwolf, Aardwolf Reproduction, Food Aardwolf, The number of Aardwolf

Aardwolf, Aardwolf Reproduction, Food Aardwolf

Aardwolf, Aardwolf Reproduction, Food Aardwolf, The number of Aardwolf

Aardwolf, Aardwolf Reproduction, Food Aardwolf

Aardwolf, Aardwolf Reproduction, Food Aardwolf, The number of Aardwolf

Aardwolf, Aardwolf Reproduction, Food Aardwolf part 2

Aardwolf, Aardwolf Reproduction, Food Aardwolf

Aardwolf, Aardwolf Reproduction, Food Aardwolf, Lifestyle Aardwolf

Earth moving wolves form monogamous pairs. However, if the male is unable to defend its territory, the female mates with other, more dominant male, although the offspring later protects her regular partner. Estrus in females occurs in late June - early July (Northern Cape). Mating lasts up to 4 hours, females remain receptive from 1 to 3 days - so the puppies can be mixed paternity. If fertilization does not occur, the female re-enters estrus. Gestation lasts about 90 days, the female bears 2-4 pups (although in zoos observed litters of 1-5 puppies). In South Africa, the puppies are born from October to December, in the warmer northern areas (Botswana, Zimbabwe) during the breeding season is less pronounced Puppies for 3-4 weeks remain in the den, lair change about 1 time per month. Offspring of both parents involved. For 3 months male protects the territory from predators and about 6:00 at night guarding the den, while the female feeds. During the life of the female, whose lair guarded by males, with an average of 1.5 brought pup a year, which is 3 times more than single females. Up to 9 weeks puppies are not removed for more than 30 m from the den. 12-week-old puppies start to accompany parents on feeding, but still does not remove more than 300-500 m from the den. By 4 months of dairy feeding stops and goes to the young independent feeding, however, remains with the parents until the next breeding season, that is for 1 year. By 2 years of excavation young wolves reach sexual maturity. Captive lifespan - 13-15 years in nature is not precisely known, presumably about 10 years. The main predators are wolves black & brown earth jackals who were killed as puppies and adults. They also hunt lions, leopards and hyenas large.

Lifestyle Aardwolf

Protel mainly inhabit open, grassy savannas and open barren plains. This inhabitant of Fynbos - Mediterranean biome localized to the southwest corner of South Africa, on the latitude 20 ° to 33 ° S. and from 17 ° to 32 ° east longitude. Here cold and wet winters and hot and dry summer. The vegetation cover is poor, but most of these plants anywhere in the world no longer occurs. Scenery District Fynbos - fields, plains, rocky areas, semi-desert, savannah and hills. Aardwolf, aardvark, termites, hyenas, lions, and several species of reptiles and amphibians - are some of the animals that live there. Earthmoving wolves during the day resting in underground burrows. They usually use old holes anteaters and porcupines, despite the fact that they themselves can dig their own shelter. They often choose burrows anteaters, because they are located close to an abundance of termites, because anteater eats them too. We have two Protel paraanalnye odorous glands that secrete musk liquid used for marking territory and maintain communication with neighbors. When the wolf attacked by wild dog, leopard, predator or another person, he immediately picks up the ridge on the back, visually increasing in size, while it may roar to scare off an attacker. It also takes a transverse position to the enemy and emits a strong unpleasant odor from the anal glands. This protection is almost as effective as a skunk spray solution. Often earth wolf can be seen in pairs or small groups. This solitary animal, except during lifting youth. Several females with calves may occupy the hole, forming small groups in which young people grow together. In this species, there is no permanent groups because of their peculiar diet. Since excavation wolves eat termites, they do not need any help in the hunt. Protel does not migrate from its territory, an area which may be 1-4 km in diameter. He marks his territory musky fluid from its anal glands, placing secret on the leaves of grasses. Marking territory engaged in both sexes, although the males do it more often.

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Saturday, November 30, 2013

Aardwolf, Aardwolf Reproduction, Food Aardwolf part 1

Aardwolf, Aardwolf Reproduction, Food Aardwolf

Aardwolf, Aardwolf Reproduction, Food Aardwolf, History of studying Aardwolf

Earth wolf (Latin Proteles cristatus) - African mammal of the family of hyenas. The traditional name of this species on aardwolf Afrikaans means "earth wolf" and reflects his habit live in burrows.

Aardwolf Propagation

Ground wolf found in eastern and southern Africa. Its area is broken rainforests Zambia and Southern Tanzania, where this type is not found. Thus, one population of earth wolf lives in South Africa (South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, southern Angola, Zambia, South and Southwest Mozambique). Another, more northern, population occurs from central Tanzania through northeastern Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, along the coast of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Sudan until the southeastern tip of Egypt. Absent in most parts of Zambia, Tanzania, South and West Africa. There are individual unconfirmed reports of its presence in the CAR and Burundi.

Aardwolf Appearance

Despite the resemblance to the striped hyena, wolf and sizes of earth some characteristics of color and anatomy make it easy to distinguish it from the latter. Aardwolf smaller half of these hyenas: the length of his body just 55-95 cm, tail length - 20-30 cm, height at the shoulders - 45-50 cm Adults weigh from 8 to 14 kg, depending on the seasonal availability of food. Sexual dimorphism in size was observed. Another difference is the presence of hyenas in earthen Wolf 5 (not 4) fingers on the front legs. Build in earthen wolf more fragile than the real hyenas; limb high and quite thin, long neck. Front legs are longer than the rear, but not the back slope expressed as hyenas. Head like a dog, long, narrow snout. Scalp thick, consists of a long rough awns and soft, crimped undercoat. Long hair growing from head to rump, forming a mane, which in case of danger rises on end, causing the earth wolf look bigger. Hair growing on the upper body of earth wolf - the longest among carnivorous mammals from 7 cm to 20 cm nape on the shoulders and 16 cm on the tail. Coat color bright, yellowish-gray to tan, throat and lower part of the body paler grayish-white. Contrasting patterns usually consist of three transverse and 1-2 diagonal black stripes on the sides and a plurality of transverse bands on the legs, which are proximal extremities merge into a solid black field. Tail bushy, black streaks, black tail tip. On the neck sometimes visible black stripes and spots. On the muzzle the hair is short (10-15 mm) and rare, gray, bare end of the muzzle and black. fingers on the front legs - 5, rear - 4, are equipped with powerful claws nevtyazhnymi. Digitigrade gait. Eyes fairly large, the ears are large and pointed. Language wide; saliva released large submandibular gland, like all termitofagov, adhesive. Jaws earth wolf, contrary to some claims, disproportionately strong, with sharp fangs, however, due to the peculiarities of his power molars simplified and widely spaced. Powerful chewing muscles and sharp fangs needed aardwolf for fights with rivals and potential predators. Well developed anal cancer, similar to the structure similar to cancer in striped and spotted hyenas. Females have two pairs of inguinal nipples. Diploid number of chromosomes is 40.

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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.

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Friday, November 29, 2013

Maned wolf, Distributed maned wolf, and food maned wolf part 1

Maned wolf, Distributed maned wolf, and food maned wolf

Maned wolf, Distributed maned wolf, food maned wolf, and Maned wolf coat

Maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) is very unusual for a wolf appearance, and more like a long-legged fox than a wolf. Body length adult reaches 125-130 cm at the withers animal, thanks to a very long and shapely legs, grows up to 75-85 cm, about 30 cm tail accounts. Weight beast rarely exceeds 22-23 kg.

Maned wolf coat

Maned wolf coat color in color similar to the color of a fox or a wolf mountain. Most of his body is covered with yellow-red hair, tail light, almost white at the tip, the legs, on the contrary, wearing black stockings.Throat has a bright spot, and from the withers to the middle of the back is a black stripe wool which is markedly longer than in other parts of the body. If the animal is scared or aggressive mood, the hair on the back of his neck stand on end, making it more visually maned wolf. Actually, thanks to the lush mane and it got its name.

Distributed maned wolf

Distributed maned wolf on the territory of several countries in South America, namely the southern, southeastern and central Brazil, Paraguay, eastern Bolivia. In Peru, Uruguay and Argentina, this species is probably extinct, and in other parts of the area the animal is rare. Forests and mountains, this avoids a predator, living mainly in the Pampas - plains covered with high and thick grass and shrub vegetation.

maned wolf are active at night and twilight hours, the same day of rest. Unlike other related species in the pack predators do not go astray. The most that they can afford - that's life as a couple, but even here not without oddities. Male and female hunt and spend the night alone on an area of 25 - 30 m. km, which is marked with droppings and feces.

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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

veterinary online: Wolf, all about wolves 2014 part 3

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Typically, dominant couple expresses love for each other, spending much time together, weaving and sniffing. Courtship is becoming more pronounced during the breeding season, when the female becomes pregnant, the male becomes extremely caring to her and brings her food. The rest of the females in the pack does not enjoy any advantage of their gender, they are around par with males: hunt, play m eat. Pregnant females and females with cubs to a four-age are considered high-ranking, at this time the whole flock takes care of them. Other females in the pack often lactating, vskarmlivaya strangers young and lick them.

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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

veterinary online: Wolf, all about wolves 2014 part 2

veterinary online: Wolf, all about wolves 2014

veterinary online: Wolf, all about wolves 2014, Wolves, Wolf color, Anatomy of wolves

Received multiple injuries, the victim dies from blood loss or pain shock. Not one wolf killed under the hoofs of the elk, but in the end almost always pack comes out the winner. The most preferred embodiment, when the victim flees, exhausted, she loses the ability to seriously resist. If the animal is sick or weak, it gets tired very quickly. In addition, during the persecution of the victim can break a leg or hurt - in this case, the wolves are easier to kill her. But for hunting dogs used another tactic. Dog lure - often acts as bait wolf, which flirts with dog and lures her into an ambush, where hid other wolves. Scoring prey, wolves start to the meal. The right to choose the first tidbit belongs dominant pair they eat the liver and other internal organs that are most nutritious. Once a flock devour remain only bones, horns and hooves, and if a lot of production, flock back to the carcass and on the second day.

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Monday, November 25, 2013

veterinary online: Wolf, all about wolves 2014 part 1

veterinary online: Wolf, all about wolves 2014

veterinary online: Wolf, all about wolves 2014, Wolves, Wolf color, Anatomy of wolves

Wolves - representatives of the largest family Canidae. Height 60-90 cm, length from head to tip of tail 150-180 cm, weight 27 (the smallest female) -60 kg (the largest male). Wolves that live in the north area, larger than their southern counterparts. wolf fur consists of thick guard hair soaked fat that repels water and soft undercoat, retaining heat. The heat loss is minimal wolf, his fur snow melts. Getting a vacation, wolf covered his fluffy tail and gets warm breath. Wolves molt in the summer, getting rid of the warm fur on the heat. Fur color can vary from black to pure white, including different shades of gray and brown, cream, red and silver - depending on the color of the top coat. As a rule, there are several in color flowers. Guard hair is painted in stripes of different colors - from white to black, this type of color is called "agouti" (named after the South American rodent). Color is influenced by the chemical "eumelanin", which affects the guard hairs at different points in its growth. During the period of active influence on the hair eumelanin present more bands of different colors, and the wolf gets dark color. Most of the wolves have a dark gray strip along the spine, dark markings on the top of the head and at the base of the ears and on the face - "mask." Dark areas of color are at the base legs, along the back and top of the tail. Light-colored seats are in the wolf's belly and groin area, lower jaw, on the underside of the front paws, on the cheeks, around the eyes and inside the ear, chest, legs and bottom of the tail. In the place where "eumelanin" depressed, wolves formed patches of light brown color.

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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

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Wolf, wolves typical family life

Wolf - permanent hero tales and fables are usually insidious and bloodthirsty. So evident fear of man to wolf . A wolf in the wild often tries to deal with people, though hungry, of course, is dangerous.

Volkov persecuted not because of it, and the damage they cause herds of livestock. In winter, wolves hunt in large packs and attack even large animals. For wolves typical family life. Couples in which are formed on indefinitely long series of years, almost pa lifetime. The basis of brood flocks fingerlings with parents, which may join last year's newcomers animals and unmarried males.

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Aardwolf, Aardwolf Reproduction, Food Aardwolf part 3

Aardwolf, Aardwolf Reproduction, Food Aardwolf, The number of Aardwolf

The number of Aardwolf

Aardwolf and man

Aardwolf, Aardwolf Reproduction, Food Aardwolf part 2

Aardwolf, Aardwolf Reproduction, Food Aardwolf, Lifestyle Aardwolf

Lifestyle Aardwolf

Aardwolf, Aardwolf Reproduction, Food Aardwolf part 1

Aardwolf, Aardwolf Reproduction, Food Aardwolf, History of studying Aardwolf

Aardwolf Propagation

Aardwolf Appearance

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

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

Mating season in maned wolf

maned wolf legs

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Maned wolf coat

Distributed maned wolf

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