Diet of free-ranging cats and dogs in a suburban and rural environment, south-eastern Brazil

In spite of the worldwide occurrence of domestic cats and dogs, and their close relationship with humans, the number of published papers on free-ranging cats Felis catus and dogs Canis familiaris, is small. The diet of both species was estimated in a suburban and rural environment in July 2002 and J...

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Published in:Journal of zoology (1987) 2007-09, Vol.273 (1), p.14-20
Main Authors: Campos, C.B, Esteves, C.F, Ferraz, K.M.P.M.B, Crawshaw, P.G. Jr, Verdade, L.M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
cat
Cats
Diet
dog
Dogs
free-ranging
mammal
mammals
Predation
Rural areas
Suburban areas
Zoology
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Summary:In spite of the worldwide occurrence of domestic cats and dogs, and their close relationship with humans, the number of published papers on free-ranging cats Felis catus and dogs Canis familiaris, is small. The diet of both species was estimated in a suburban and rural environment in July 2002 and January 2003. Visual observations and scat collection of both species were accomplished along a 10 km transect line in the Campus 'Luiz de Queiroz', University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, south-eastern Brazil. The diet of both species was determined by analysis of sterilized, washed, dried and sorted scats. Estimated abundances of free-ranging cats and dogs in the sampled area were 81 (±4.32) and 42 (±2.96), respectively. Cats and dogs were more abundant in the suburban than in the rural environment (t=3.78, P
ISSN:0952-8369
1469-7998
DOI:10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00291.x