Maned Wolf

Facts

IUCN NEAR THREATENED (NT)

Facts about this animal

The Maned Wolf is unmistakable, due to its height's being greater than the trunk length, the long legs and short tail. The head-body length is 110-130 cm, the height at the shoulder 80-90 cm and it weights about 20-35 kg. The dark muzzle is long and slender. The long ears have whitish hairs inside. The throat is white.

The coat is red to yellow, shaggy, with longer, darker hairs on the back which form an erectile mane. The under parts are cream-white and the legs are deep brown-black.

The maned wolf feeds primarily on small vertebrates, invertebrates, and fruit. It exhibits a dispersed social system, that is, it is essentially solitary in habit. For intraspecific communication, maned wolves rely primarily on signals that carry well over long distances and tend to promote the spacing of individuals through avoidance (for example, the bark), a conspicuous visual threat display, and locus-specific defecation.

Did you know?
that the particularly long legs of the maned wolf are likely an adapation which allows them to see above the tall grass in which they often hunt?

Factsheet
Class	MAMMALIA
Order	CARNIVORA
Suborder	FISSIPEDIA
Family	CANIDAE
Name (Scientific)	Chrysocyon brachyurus
Name (English)	Maned Wolf
Name (French)	Loup à crinière
Name (German)	Mähnenwolf
Name (Spanish)	Lobo de crin
Local names	Bolivia: Borochi Brazil: Guará, Lobo-guará, lobo-vermelho Guaraní: Aguará guazú
CITES Status	Appendix II
CMS Status	Not listed

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Distribution

Distribution
Range	Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Paraguay
Habitat	Tall grasslands, shrub habitats, woodland with an open canopy, and wet fields
Wild population	23.600 individuals (2005) (Red List IUCN 2011)
Zoo population	427 in 144 institutions registered by the International Studbook (2006), of which 259 reported to ISIS (2007)

In the Zoo

How this animal should be transported

For air transport, Container Note 82 of the IATA Live Animals Regulations should be followed.

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Why do zoos keep this animal

With a view of building up a viable zoo population, an International Studbook has been established already in 1972 under the WAZA umbrella, and coordinated conservation breeding programmes are operated at the regional level by ARAZPA and AZA.

How this animal should be kept

Maned wolves live solitary or in pairs and should be as breeding pairs with their offspring, with the posisbility of separating the animals as may be required.

The outdoor enclosure should have a minimum surface of 400 m² for two adults (plus eventual puppies or subadults). Separation enclosures for the temporary keeping of incompatible animals are mandatory. The enclosure should have natural, well drained soil and some sandy patches. It should be well structured allowing the animals to avoid eye contact.

Maned wolves should have shelters or dens of sufficient size (minimum 8 m² for 1-2 animals) available where a minimum temperature of 18 dgrees celsius is maintained to provide protection from inclement weather.

The diet should consist of meat on the bone, carcases of freshly killed small animals, such as guinea pigs or rats, poultry, fish, eggs, fruit, vegetables and supplementing vitamine /mineral powder.