Knowra Maned wolf Maned wolf The maned wolf is a long-legged South American canid with reddish fur, a dark mane, and an omnivorous diet. It is the sole living species in the genus Chrysocyon.
Canidae : The mammal family that includes dogs, wolves, foxes, jackals, and their relatives. The maned wolf is a canid, but belongs to a distinctive South American lineage.
Lobeira : A South American shrub whose orange fruit is an important food for maned wolves. This fruit is a prominent part of the wolf’s diet and helps disperse its seeds.
Cerrado : A vast tropical savanna region of central Brazil, with grasslands, shrublands, and woodland. The Cerrado is the principal stronghold of the maned wolf.
Gray wolf : A large social canid, Canis lupus, native to Eurasia and North America. Despite its name, the maned wolf is not a close relative of the gray wolf.
Chrysocyon : A genus of South American canids containing the living maned wolf species. This genus contains no other living species.
Seed dispersal : The transport of plant seeds away from the parent plant, by animals or other means. Maned wolves disperse seeds when viable seeds pass through their digestive tracts.
Atlantic Forest : A species-rich forest biome along Brazil’s Atlantic coast and neighboring regions. Maned wolves also occur in parts of this increasingly fragmented biome.
Red fox : A widespread small canid, Vulpes vulpes, known for its reddish coat and bushy tail. Its foxlike face and coloration can mislead, but it belongs to another canid lineage.
South American savanna : A tropical and subtropical grassland ecosystem with scattered trees and seasonal rainfall across South America. Open grasslands and shrublands make up much of the maned wolf’s habitat.
Scent marking : The deposition of odors by animals to communicate information about identity, territory, or reproductive state. Maned wolves use conspicuous scent marks, including strong-smelling urine, to communicate.
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