Scientific name:
Chrysocyon brachyurus

Natural spread:
South America

the mane-wolf, whose Paraguayan name meeting "big fox" means, is not only the biggest but surely also one of the most beautiful Hundeartigen South America. The Canide dog-similar sheepdog-big, high-legged and in the shape possesses a rather fox-good head with big ears. The cheek-teeth are very many breitkroniger as this is the case with most carnivores. The animal possesses a soft, middle-long, auburn one until reddish - or sallow-brown fur, that is extended mane-nicely on the back and at the neck. Is throat and tail-top knows, back-mane, sub-neck and legs brown until black.

Way of life The mane-wolf lives in as day, and twilight-animal the grass-savannas and light tree, and bush-steppes of the middle South America. As distinct Kulturflüchter, it lives outside the reproductive-period and the time of the Jungenaufzucht as loners, that touch schaukelnd-schlendernd through the high grass in the amble so typical for it and "catch" its loot almost leisurely.

Nutrition Kleinnager like guinea pigs, rats and mice serve it as loot-animals, but also other small vertebrates. it loves insects, particularly locusts, and tender, juicy plants the further one. The Breitkronigkeit of its cheek-teeth lets locked into the food on a not insignificant plant-share. The mane-wolf, who is not nearer relative with our wolves of the type Canis incidentally, doesn't chew up smaller loot but devours it completely.

Reproduction The combination-time of the mane-wolves goes down into the time of October until December. After 62-66 days of Tragzeit, the female tosses 1-5 somber, short-legged, unseeing kids of approximately 500 g. The male dog takes part in the dry-lick of the newborn and brings in feed for mother and young.

Endangering The mane-wolf hardly admittedly has natural enemies, however it is nevertheless regarded endangered as strong since it needs big, undisturbed habitats, that vanish more and more.