| The maned wolf, a solitary denizen of South America's savannah grasslands, is the continent's largest wild canid, by far. |
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| The Brazilian government has classified the maned wolf as an endangered species. |
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| The maned wolf of South America is a magnificent animal with a pointed muzzle and very large erect ears. |
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| In Brazil's Pantanal, South America's largest wetlands, you'll stalk giant anteaters, armadillos, maned wolves, and jaguars. |
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| Certainly, paternal care is the general rule amongst canids so it might be expected in the maned wolf. |
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| I have heard of them before, but to see a maned wolf in person is simply amazing. |
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| The long legs of the maned wolf allow it to see better in the tall grasses of the savannah. |
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| The long thin legs, which may serve to help the maned wolf to see above tall grass, grade from red to black at their lower portions. |
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| The South American clade is rooted by the maned wolf and bush dog, and the fox-like canids by the fennec fox and Blanford's fox. |
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| The maned sloth gets its name from the long black hair on the back of its head and neck. |
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| He created the Oikoveva Foundation which aims to protect maned wolves in Argentina. |
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| What is worse, her hair resembles the russet hue of a maned wolf. |
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| True wolves are strict carnivores but the maned wolf is omnivorous. |
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| Possibly extinct in Uruguay, the remaining maned wolves live in Bolivia and Brazil, with a handful in Argentina and Paraguay, and just a single pair in Peru. |
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| The fur of the maned wolf is worn in South America as a good luck charm. |
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| Eighty percent of captive and wild maned wolves suffer from a genetic disease, and in addition they are susceptible to the common diseases of domestic dogs. |
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| At present it is not known how many maned wolves remain in the wild. |
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| The aardwolf, family Hyaenidae, is sometimes called a maned, or gray, jackal. |
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| For other animals that are called wolves but do not belong to the genus Canis, see maned wolf, aardwolf, and Tasmanian wolf. |
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| Adaptable and resourceful, individual maned wolves range through enormous territories where they live off everything from rodents and birds to venomous snakes and berries. |
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| The maned wolf is believed to have supernatural and medicinal powers. |
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| The CdVNP contains populations of several large mammals, including giant anteater, giant armadillo, maned wolf, spotted jaguar and pampas deer. |
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| They considered deleterious human influence in the habitat of maned wolves to be more intense in the southeast than in the midwestern Brazilian states. |
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| Everything from the survival of the spectacled bear in the Andes, the increasing traffic of macaws in Bolivia, the situation of maned wolves in Argentina to the pet trade of sloths in Colombia were discussed. |
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| The maned wolf is a fairly large animal, weighing about 50 pounds. |
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| It features a wide array of unique plant and animal species including the giant anteater, giant armadillo, jaguar and maned wolf. |
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