Our data fail to meet this assumption because we cannot assume that the infection status of a wild
canid is independent of others in the population.
The phylogenetic tree showed that most Tas2r genes of the raccoon dog were clustered together with
canid species.
vasorum, frequently described as parasitizing the pulmonary arteries of domestic
canids, but it is uncommon in wild
canids.
The majority of winter forays were by 3 adult males who may have been seeking extra-pair copulations with neighboring estrous females, as reported for other
canid species (Roemer et al.
It is worth noting that just one other
canid (gray wolf, Canis lupus) is listed on CITES Appendix I, which protects several other notoriously threatened species, including giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), red panda (Ailurus fulgens), elephants (Elephas maximus and Loxodonta africana), gorillas (Gorilla spp.), chimpanzees (Pan spp.), and Tasmanian wolf (Thylacinus cynocephalus), which is possibly extinct (CITES, 2012).
Bestelmeyer, "Maned Wolf Chrysocyon brachyurus (Illiger, 1815)," in
Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and Dogs.
Our findings, that frequency of coyote melanism increases with canopy cover, parallels findings for multiple species (e.g., Kiltie, 1989; Majerus and Mundy, 2003; Wauters et al., 2004), including other North American
canids (e.g., Jolicoeur, 1958; Dekker, 1998; Gipson et al., 2002; Anderson et al., 2009).
Without the advantages of
canid partners, humans might not have spread so quickly, nor extinguished so many competitors, meaning that human settlement in the succeeding Holocene era, considered to have begun 11,700 years ago, might have been both slower and more sporadic.
Surveys of coyotes and other
canid populations may be warranted in the WMDs of origin to establish the source of infection.
Lanszki et al., (2006) reported that in Hungary, the
canid species consumed more small mammals and diet overlap among the
canid species was high (mean, 73%) and varied with the decreasing availability and consumption of small mammals.
The maned wolf is a wild
canid found in cerrado areas or in open fields in Brazil.
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