Food and foraging behaviour of bat-eared foxes in the south-eastern Orange Free State

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dc.contributor.authorNel J.A.J.
dc.contributor.authorMackie A.J.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-15T15:58:01Z
dc.date.available2011-05-15T15:58:01Z
dc.date.issued1990
dc.description.abstractOtocyon megalotis feed on a wide variety of insect taxa and other prey items. Harvester termites Hodotermes mossambicus form a major component of the prey, and increase in importance during winter. Individual foxes consume 1.15 × 106 termites/yr. Taking into account mean group size and home range size, 40 500 termites/ha/yr are eaten by foxes. When feeding on termites, concentrated in patches, bat-eared foxes feed c70% of their foraging time, as against feeding 4% of their foraging time when eating singly occurring prey. -from Authors
dc.identifier.citationSouth African Journal of Wildlife Research
dc.identifier.citation20
dc.identifier.citation4
dc.identifier.issn3794369
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/10725
dc.subjectbat-eared fox
dc.subjectforaging behaviour
dc.subjectfox
dc.subjecttermite
dc.subjectSouth Africa, Orange Free State
dc.titleFood and foraging behaviour of bat-eared foxes in the south-eastern Orange Free State
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