First record of plastic ingestion by Cerdocyon thous (Carnivora, Canidae) in northeastern Brazil

Adriana Bocchiglieri; Rayanna H. S. Bezerra; Anderson M. Conceição

doi:10.31687/saremNMS.21.7.1

Autores/as

Adriana Bocchiglieri Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação (PPEC), Laboratório de Mastozoologia, Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS), São Cristóvão, Sergipe, Brazil.
Rayanna H. S. Bezerra Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação (PPEC), Laboratório de Mastozoologia, Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS), São Cristóvão, Sergipe, Brazil.
Anderson M. Conceição Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação (PPEC), Laboratório de Mastozoologia, Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS), São Cristóvão, Sergipe, Brazil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31687/saremNMS.21.7.1

Palabras clave:

Crab-eating fox, garbage, pollution, semiarid, Sergipe

Resumen

Cerdocyon thous is a neotropical canid often found in natural, fragmented, altered and agricultural environments. Its generalist diet includes plant and animal items, as well as items generated from human activities, such as cultivated fruits. We report the first consumption of plastic by this species in the semiarid region of Brazil, determined by three fragments found in the stomach of a road-killed individual. This finding highlights the problem of inadequate disposal of domestic waste, and the present threat of inorganic material in the food chain.

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