Depredación en la tortuga carey Eretmochelys imbricata por el Jaguar Panthera onca en la costa del Pacífico de Costa Rica

In the sea, the most common predators of adult sea turtles are sharks (i.e., Carcharhinus leucas, Carcharodon carcharias, Galeocerdo cuvier) (Witzell 1987, Cliff & Dudley 1991, Fergusson et al. 2000) and killer whales (Orcinus orca) (Fertl & Fulling 2007); while on their nesting beaches, fem...

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Published in:Mammalogy Notes
Main Authors: Hansel Herrera, Sergio Escobar-Lasso, Eduardo Carrillo-Jiménez
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Spanish
Published: Sociedad Colombiana de Mastozoología (SCMas) 2016
Subjects:
food
diet
feeding
Zoology
QL1-991
Ortiz
Orca
Orcinus orca
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.47603/manovol3n1.13-16
https://doaj.org/article/bbb6e08cdbfa4367945c76aee1cbceeb
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Summary:In the sea, the most common predators of adult sea turtles are sharks (i.e., Carcharhinus leucas, Carcharodon carcharias, Galeocerdo cuvier) (Witzell 1987, Cliff & Dudley 1991, Fergusson et al. 2000) and killer whales (Orcinus orca) (Fertl & Fulling 2007); while on their nesting beaches, female turtles are susceptible to predators like jaguars (Panthera onca) and crocodiles (Crocodylus acutus) (Ortiz et al. 1997, Heithaus et al. 2008).

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