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10 lis 2017 · Maned Wolf crossing sign, Transpantaneira in the Pantanal, Brazil Perhaps it’s just wishful thinking, but I like to think this sign is referring to the Maned Wolf. While there are a few other canids that can be found in the Pantanal region of Brazil, the Maned Wolf is certainly the strangest and the one I’d most like to see.
According to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), there is an estimated 26,000 maned wolves left in the wild and a few hundred in captive breeding programs in zoos. See: "Encouraging News" below for more information. Maned wolves are found in the grasslands of Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, and northern Argentina.
The maned wolf is distributed from the mouth of the Parnaiba River in northeastern Brazil west to the Pampas del Heath in Peru and South through the Chaco of Paraguay to Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Its former range included parts of Uruguay and Argentina.
The maned wolf, Chrysocyon brachyurus. As the name suggests, the maned wolf has a ruffle of rufous-coloured fur around its shoulders. And it’s functional too; when threatened or acting aggressively, the maned wolf can puff up this ruffle of fur, a bit like cats do when scrapping with one another.
Maned wolves make their home in central South America, extending from north-eastern Brazil, west into Peru, and south through Paraguay. They also live in parts of Argentina and Bolivia, and possibly Uruguay.
Native Habitat. Maned wolves range through central and eastern South America including northern Argentina, South and Central Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia and southern Peru. They inhabit the cerrado, the largest biome of South America, which is composed of wet and dry forests, grasslands, savannas, marshes and wetlands.
Meet the solitary, nocturnal maned wolf. Issue: Winter 2023. What species looks like a fox, walks like a deer, and barks like a dog? It’s not a riddle or a mythical creature. It’s the maned wolf—a spindly-legged, red-coated canid found in Brazil’s Cerrado grasslands.
