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Original record of deposited skins of hedgehogs (Erinaceidae) at red fox den

Published:2021-12-10 Issue:0 Volume:0 Page:
ISSN:0025-1461
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Author:

El-Farhati Haithem¹^ORCID,Hizem Mohamed Wassim¹,Nouira Saïd¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Biological Sciences , Research Unit (Wildlife Ecology), Tunis Faculty of Sciences, Tunis El-Manar University , 2092 Tunis , Tunisia

Abstract

Abstract From 2015 to 2018, a total of 60 dens of red fox Vulpes vulpes have been visited in three sites of southern Tunisia. In this arid habitat, we recorded deposited skins of hedgehogs in front of 34 dens, an uncommon behaviour to our knowledge. These sightings suggest that red fox can be the main predator of hedgehogs in arid zones of North Africa.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/mammalia-2020-0098/pdf

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