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Winter Diet of the Peruvian Desert Fox
Author(s) -
Huey Raymond B.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.144
H-Index - 294
eISSN - 1939-9170
pISSN - 0012-9658
DOI - 10.2307/1936902
Subject(s) - carrion , herbivore , desert (philosophy) , perennial plant , ecology , geography , biology , philosophy , epistemology
The winter food habits of the native desert fox of northwestern Peru were examined by an analysis of fecal pellets collected in two areas. In the Sechura Desert, foxes eat mainly the seed pods of perennial shrubs. In a coastal area, the foxes supplement their largely herbivorous diet with carrion and crustaceans.