Sentences with phrase «other canid species»

For example, male aggression toward females - something that appeared rather common even in the reproductively successful island foxes - is virtually unknown for other canid species, in which males tend to be very solicitous to females, especially during estrus and pregnancy.

This suggests that something, such as social experience during the juvenile period, might have been missing in the captive environment, something that apparently is less important to other canid species.

In another contrast with other canids, the reproductive rate was lower for captive - born island foxes, the opposite of what is usually observed in other canid species.

Dogs and other canid species (wolves and foxes) are the only animals susceptible to this infection.

Not exact matches

The larger the number of heartworm infected dogs and other canids not receiving monthly preventatives, the less likely a parasite species is to mutate.

We found that three canids (including the red fox and feral dogs), seven members of the weasel family or mustelids (such as stoats), five rodents, two primates, two mongooses, two marsupials and nine species from other families negatively impact threatened species.

Studies have shown that members of the canid family are actually omnivores that they can thrive on other animals or even plant species.

They are truly their own species, shaped by the same process that created coyotes and other canids that have split from each other on the family tree.