Diet composition of the golden jackal,Canis aureusin an agricultural environment
- 1 April 2012
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic in Folia Zoologica
- Vol. 61 (1), 44-48
- https://doi.org/10.25225/fozo.v61.i1.a7.2012
Abstract
Diet composition of the golden jackal (Canis aureus, L.) in Bulgaria, where the largest jackal population in Europe occurs, has been studied by scat analysis in a typical and newly occupied agricultural environment. The study was carried out during late summer and early autumn, a period when small mammal density is high. The food of the jackal typically consisted of small-sized and wild-living prey species. Rodents have been found to represent the primary food of the jackal (biomass estimation: 59.3 %, mainly Microtus spp.), and the European brown hare (Lepus europaeus, 20.1 %) and plants (19.7 %, mainly fruits) are secondary foods. Other prey, such as birds (mainly passerines), reptiles and invertebrates had been consumed in a low biomass ratio. No remains of wild ungulate and domestic animals have been detected in the studied scats.Keywords
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