Title
Dieta de Conepatus chinga (Carnívora: Mephitidae) en un bosque de Polylepis del departamento de Arequipa, Perú
Other title
Diet of Conepatus chinga (Carnivore: Mephitidae) in an Polylepis forest of the Department of Arequipa, Peru
Date Issued
01 December 2009
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
The Andean hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus chinga) is a mephitine of widely distributed in the Peruvian Andes, Almost nothing is known about the species food habits. The present study documents the diet of the Andean hog-nosed skunk in a Polylepis forest of the western slope of the Andes in southern Peru. We analyzed 226 fecal samples, which were identified by their shape and consistency. Food items are shown based on their frequency of occurrence (FO) and percentage of biomass. Diet is composed of 19 components, mainly insects (94,11%) and other invertebrates (3,27%), with occasional presence of vertebrates (1,18%) and plants (1,43%), which explains the low values of the diversity indexes (1-D= 0,16) and width of trophic niche (B= 1, H´= 0,68).
Start page
183
End page
186
Volume
16
Issue
2
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias de las plantas, Botánica Conservación de la Biodiversidad
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85000129059
Source
Revista Peruana de Biologia
ISSN of the container
15610837
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