Foraging habits of the Red Fox Vulpes vulpes (Mammalia: Carnivora: Canidae) in the Himalaya, India

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Published: Sep 26, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.3968.10.10.12418-12421
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red fox, foraging behavior, nocturnal-diurnal, Himalaya, India

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Aishwarya Maheshwari
Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Near New Circuit House, Banda, Uttar Pradesh 210001, India
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6338-4254

Abstract

This study attempts to investigate reason behind the diurnal behavior of nocturnal red fox and found availability of domestic fowls and young ones of the sheep/ goats during daytime. Free ranging fowls (n=230; an average 57.5 per year) and inattentive young ones of sheep/ goats (n=74; an average 18.5 per year) were the most vulnerable to for red fox predation.  This study concludes that diurnal behavior could be due to reduce intense competition with large predators such as snow leopard and wolf, during night time and the freedom from human harassment in preying upon inattentive livestock.

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