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. 2022 Jun 10;12(12):1515. doi: 10.3390/ani12121515

Table 1.

Selected species of canines and the percentage of insects in their diets in the natural environment.

Species Percentage of Diet/Chimney Content Genus of Insects
Atelocynus microtis (Sclater, 1883) [30] 17% of intestine content Coleoptera
Canis lupus (Linnaeus, 1758) [31] 1.2% of manure biomass -
Otocyon megalotis (Desmarest, 1822) [32] 61.2% of diet Isoptera, Coleoptera, Orthoptera
Vulpes zerda (Zimmermann, 1780) [33] 5.5% of manure biomass Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Isoptera
Lycalopex culpaeus (Molina, 1782) [30] 20% of diet Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Orthoptera