First report of the thick-tailed bushbaby (Otolemur crassicaudatus) being preyed upon by an endemic carnivore (Caracal caracal) in South Africa

dc.contributor.authorCuozzo, F.P.
dc.contributor.authorHalajian, A.
dc.contributor.authorSauther, M.L.
dc.contributor.authorRampedi, K.M.
dc.contributor.authorMillette, J.B.
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-23T12:49:25Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractTo date, there have been few published reports of Caracal spp. (or other non-domestic carnivores) preying upon nocturnal strepsirrhine primates anywhere in continental Africa. However, in South Africa, most studies of caracal diet have been conducted outside of the known geographic range of South Africa’s nocturnal primates. Here we report Otolemur crassicaudatus (the greater or thick-tailed bushbaby/galago) remains recovered from the stomach of a caracal, collected in Limpopo province, South Africa, in 2018, which included portions of the limbs, tail, skull and dentition, allowing confident taxonomic assignment. Sixty-seven carnivores (equal in size or larger than O. crassicaudatus), including one other caracal, also had stomach contents examined between 2012 and 2019 in northern South Africa. None included O. crassicaudatus remains, making this the first documented example of this non-human primate species being preyed upon by an endemic carnivore; kills of O. crassicaudatus by domestic dogs, though not being consumed, have previously been documented. These data expand the knowledge of the diet of caracal in southern Africa and may signal an expanding caracal dietary regime and possible behavioural changes in O. crassicaudatus, such as increased terrestrial movement, with increasing human actions and reduction of endemic forests and habitats.en_US
dc.description.departmentMammal Research Instituteen_US
dc.description.embargo2022-08-04
dc.description.librarianam2022en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe US National Science Foundation, the University of Limpopo (RSA), the University of Colorado-Boulder (USA), the University of Pretoria (RSA) and the National Zoological Gardens (SANBI) of South Africa.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tafz20en_US
dc.identifier.citationFP Cuozzo, A Halajian, ML Sauther, KM Rampedi & JB Millette (2021) First report of the thick-tailed bushbaby (Otolemur crassicaudatus) being preyed upon by an endemic carnivore (Caracal￿caracal) in South Africa, African Zoology, 56:3, 231-235, DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2021.1949389.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1562-7020 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2224-073X (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1080/15627020.2021.1949389
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/85938
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group)en_US
dc.rights© Zoological Society of Southern Africa. This is an electronic version of an article published in African Zoology, vol. 56, no. 3, pp. 231-235, 2021. doi : 10.1080/15627020.2021.1949389. African Zoology is available online at : https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tafz20.en_US
dc.subjectCaracalen_US
dc.subjectConservationen_US
dc.subjectPredationen_US
dc.subjectThick-tailed bushbaby (Otolemur crassicaudatus)en_US
dc.titleFirst report of the thick-tailed bushbaby (Otolemur crassicaudatus) being preyed upon by an endemic carnivore (Caracal caracal) in South Africaen_US
dc.typePostprint Articleen_US

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