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| Delibes, M.; Calzada, J.; Ch vez, C.; Revilla, E.; Ribeiro, B.A.; Prado, D.; Keller, C.; Palomares, F. | |
| Unusual observation of an ocelot (_Leopardus pardalis_) eating an adult Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (_Choloepus didactylus_) | |
| 2011 Mammalian Biology (76): 240-241 | |
The behaviour of an ocelot (_Leopardus pardalis_) eating from an adult Linnaeus' two-toed sloth (_Choloepus didactylus_) was described. Observation was made at the Viru National Park of northern Brazil. The sloth had an estimated weight of 7 kg and a portion of its hairs were plucked after the kill. The ocelot began to eat its prey by the braincase. Three days after the finding, only the harder parts of skin and the bones of the extremities of the sloth remained. Field observations of ocelots while eating are very rare and sloths are unusual prey. |
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