Amazon’s Elusive Short-Eared Dog May Be More Common than Researchers Once Thought

Jun 11, 2026 - 13:45
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Amazon’s Elusive Short-Eared Dog May Be More Common than Researchers Once Thought
The short-eared dog (Atelocynus microtis) from a trap camera in Bolivia. Image credit: G. Ayala & M.E Viscarra.

Hundreds of camera-trap records from Bolivia and Peru suggest the short-eared dog (Atelocynus microtis), one of the world’s least-known canids and one of Latin America’s least-known carnivores, may be thriving in intact upland forests.

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