Predation of an infant collared peccary by a Harpy Eagle in eastern Amazonia.(Short Communications)

Wilson Bulletin | March 1, 2003| | Copyright

The world's largest raptor, the Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja) is known to prey on a variety of small--to medium-sized Neotropical rainforest mammals. Prey items typically are arboreal, primarily primates (Platyrrhini) and sloths (Bradypus and Choloepus; Rettig 1978, Izor 1985, Peres 1990, Sherman 1991, Galetti and Carvalho 2000), but terrestrial prey, agoutis and fawns, also have been recorded (Rettig 1978). Here we report on the attack of a Harpy Eagle on an infant collared peccary (Pecari tajacu), a previously unrecorded prey species.

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