Food provisioning by island foxes, Urocyon littoralis, to conspecifics caught in traps

Authors
Garcelon, DK Roemer, GW Philips, RB Coonan, TJ
Citation
Dk. Garcelon et al., Food provisioning by island foxes, Urocyon littoralis, to conspecifics caught in traps, SW NATURAL, 44(1), 1999, pp. 83-86
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology
Journal title
SOUTHWESTERN NATURALIST
ISSN journal
00384909 → ACNP
Volume
44
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
83 - 86
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-4909(199903)44:1<83:FPBIFU>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Prey items were found outside of welded-wire cage traps containing island f ox pups (Urocyon littoralis) on 24 occasions and outside of traps containin g adult foxes on 11 occasions. Prey items included mice, lizards, and birds . Island fox pups were observed foraging with adults and were caught with a dults in the same trap on 22 occasions. Mie believe fox pups receive extend ed parental care and were provisioned while in the traps.