TY - JOUR
T1 - Diet of Lontra longicaudis in Espejo River, Quindío, Colombia
AU - Pinillos, Laura
AU - Pérez-Torres, Jairo
AU - Botero-Botero, Alvaro
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, IUCN Otter Specialist Group.
PY - 2018/12/1
Y1 - 2018/12/1
N2 - We studied the diet of the Neotropical otter, Lontra longicaudis in the Espejo River (Department of Quindío, Colombia). This river has the highest levels of pollution within the catchment area of the La Vieja River. We visited a 5.6 km section of the river on nine occasions during the month of July 2009 and collected 131 otter scats. The fecal samples were washed, sieved, and their contents were examined. Stool samples indicated that the otter's diet in this river is mainly composed of fish comprising seven predated species. The most common prey items were Hypostomus sp. (31.6% of samples) and Brycon henni (29.22% of samples).
AB - We studied the diet of the Neotropical otter, Lontra longicaudis in the Espejo River (Department of Quindío, Colombia). This river has the highest levels of pollution within the catchment area of the La Vieja River. We visited a 5.6 km section of the river on nine occasions during the month of July 2009 and collected 131 otter scats. The fecal samples were washed, sieved, and their contents were examined. Stool samples indicated that the otter's diet in this river is mainly composed of fish comprising seven predated species. The most common prey items were Hypostomus sp. (31.6% of samples) and Brycon henni (29.22% of samples).
KW - Anthropic disturbances
KW - Carnivore
KW - Environmental pollution
KW - Foraging
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85065313437&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85065313437
SN - 1023-9030
VL - 35
SP - 222
EP - 229
JO - IUCN/SSC Otter Specialist Group Bulletin
JF - IUCN/SSC Otter Specialist Group Bulletin
IS - 4
ER -
