Coendou mexicanus (Erethizotidae) AS POTENTAL PREY OF Crocodylus acutus (Crocodylidae) IN LA VENTANILLA, OAXACA, MEXICO
We present a case of interaction between a Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou mexicanus) and an American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) in La Ventanilla, Oaxaca, Mexico. In a mangrove area, we found a subadult C. acutus submerged in a shallow area of the lagoon. The animal presented several white...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.herpetologia.fciencias.unam.mx:article/1001 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://herpetologia.fciencias.unam.mx/index.php/revista/article/view/1001 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | acecho dieta estrategia vertebrados púas barbs diet strategy stalk vertebrates |
| Sumario: | We present a case of interaction between a Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou mexicanus) and an American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) in La Ventanilla, Oaxaca, Mexico. In a mangrove area, we found a subadult C. acutus submerged in a shallow area of the lagoon. The animal presented several white projections emerging from the antero-lateral jaw region, concluding that these projections corresponded to the keratinized hair (barbs) of a porcupine, which are used as a defensive strategy to predators. This report offers evidence to include the tropical porcupine in the list of potential prey items of C. acutus. |
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