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Maned Wolf.
"A red fox on stilts" is often how the maned wolf is described. Take a look and you'll agree! Those long, stilt-like legs allow a maned wolf to peer over tall grass in search of mice, birds, and other small animals. The wolf then leaps forward over the grass to pounce on its meal.
Natural Diet: About half is small animals such as mice, birds, reptiles,and insects; the other half is fruit.
Reproduction: Male and female share a territory, but are solitary except during the short, yearly breeding season. Female has a litter of two to five pups.
Status: Rapidly losing habitat as people turn grasslands into cultivated fields; wild population declining. |