Primer registro fotográfico de la acción depredadora de cerdos asilvestrados sobre crías de carpinchos en la Reserva Natural Iberá

Belén Avila; Carlos De Angelo

doi:10.31687/saremNMS.19.0.18

Autores

Belén Avila Instituto de Biología Subtropical (IBS) – nodo Iguazú, Universidad Nacional de Misiones (UNaM) y CONICET, Puerto Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina. Asociación Civil Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlántico (CeIBA), Puerto Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina.
Carlos De Angelo Asociación Civil Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlántico (CeIBA), Puerto Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina. Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra, Biodiversidad y Ambiente (ICBIA), Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto (UNRC) y CONICET, Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31687/saremNMS.19.0.18

Resumo

We present photographic evidence of a predation event of capybara offspring, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris (Brisson, 1762), by feral pigs, Sus scrofa (Linnaeus, 1758) registered by camera traps in the Iberá Nature Reserve. Although the negative impact of this species on ecosystems is well known, direct observations and the record presented herein provides evidence to support the hypothesis that, in addition to the information obtained by visual encounters, feral pigs affect native fauna, not only by habitat modification and competition, but also by direct predation. On the other hand, the importance of photographic records is highlighted as a tool to improve the visualization of the problem.

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