Unveiling the Fecal Microbiota in Two Captive Mexican Wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) Populations Receiving Different Type of Diets

• Published in: Biology
• Main Authors: Sergio I. Barraza-Guerrero, César A. Meza-Herrera, Cristina García-De la Peña, Verónica Ávila-Rodríguez, Felipe Vaca-Paniagua, Clara E. Díaz-Velásquez, Irene Pacheco-Torres, Mónica A. Valdez-Solana, Quetzaly K. Siller-Rodríguez, Luis M. Valenzuela-Núñez, Juan C. Herrera-Salazar
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: microbiota; wolf; Michilia; Ocotal; diet; conservation; Bray; Canis lupus; gray wolf
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10070637

The Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) was once distributed in southern United States and northern Mexico. It is an endangered subspecies detached from the gray wolf, and likely exemplifies one of the original migration waves of C. lupus into the new world. This is a canine whose individuals survive...