"What animal is this?": Viral video of a rare Argentine species in danger of extinction

He lives in the provinces of Chaco, Formosa and The currents. You can also see it, less and less, in Paraguay, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. Is this the will be guazú water He has been in danger of extinction for years. Being able to be in front of one of them is almost a prodigy of nature.

That's why, in the last few hours, a video showing two of these candid, oldest South America under a question: "Without laughing, what animal is it?"The recording was made in a field of The currents last weekend, one of the provinces most familiar with the will be guazú water.

The name, in guaraní, means "big fox"and its scientific designation is Chrysocyon Brachyurus. This is one of the many species protected by The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.

Other denominations are: borochi, mane wolf, estuarine wolf, red wolf and mbuaravachú. It is very quiet, safe for livestock and humans. However, hunting and indiscriminate exploitation of their habitat by rice and sugar cane crops have been especially endangering "big fox"

According to scientific studies, it is clbadified as solitary, shy and suspicious animals, which usually hunt at night. The latter attracted the attention of those who saw it in full harvest and could record it during the day. It feeds on small mammals and birds. Capture frogs, lizards, snakes, guinea pigs, armadillos and even insects. Also the birds, their eggs and different fruits and even roots.

Some cultures have come to identify with the myth ofLobius"a wolf party, a part of man." This has also caused decades to pbad. will be guazú water I was hunted and hunted savagely. His deep, deep howling can rarely be heard. Some superstitious believe that it is an appeal to evil spirits or that they predict possible catastrophes.