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Diet of Monodelphis glirina (Mammalia: Didelphidae) in forest fragments in southern Amazon
Felipe Fernandes Castilheiro, Welvis; dos Santos Filho, Manoel.
Afiliação
  • Felipe Fernandes Castilheiro, Welvis; Centro de Pesquisa de Limnologia, Biodiversidade e Etnobiologia do Pantanal.
  • dos Santos Filho, Manoel; Centro de Pesquisa de Limnologia, Biodiversidade e Etnobiologia do Pantanal.
Article em En | VETINDEX | ID: vti-441405
Biblioteca responsável: BR68.1
ABSTRACT
The current study aimed to evaluate the diet of Monodelphis glirina (Wagner, 1842) in forest fragments of Alta Floresta, located in the south of the Amazon, state of Mato Grosso. The diet was determined by the analysis of the stomach contents from 57 subjects sampled between May and September 2009. Nine food categories were present Coleoptera, Orthoptera, Hymenoptera, Diplopoda, Nematoda, seeds, miscellaneous, hair and bait leftovers (banana and peanut butter). Coleoptera was the category eaten most frequently, rating 50% of abundance and 91.22% of occurrence. "Seeds" were the least abundant (0.11%) and rated 1.75% in occurrence, probably because seeds are easy to digest. The size of the fragments negatively and significantly influenced the amount of Coleoptera in the diet. The rainy season seemed to have significant influence over the abundance of arthropods in the diet. The items in the diet suggest that M. glirina is opportunistic and has a generalist diet, tending to be insectivore when living in the forest and exploring the food resources according to their availability.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: VETINDEX Idioma: En Revista: Zoologia (Curitiba) / Zoologia (Curitiba, Impr.) Ano de publicação: 2013 Tipo de documento: Article
Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: VETINDEX Idioma: En Revista: Zoologia (Curitiba) / Zoologia (Curitiba, Impr.) Ano de publicação: 2013 Tipo de documento: Article