Known predators
Cardinalis (carcass) is prey of:
Dermestes vulpinus
Eleodes hispilabris
Trox scutellaris
Trox nodosus
Trox suberosus
Euxesta
Coenosia
Cochliomyia macellaria
Sarcophaga utilis
Oxysarcodexia ochripyga
Pogonomyrmex apache
Myrmecocystus mimicus
Solenopsis xyloni
Iridomyrmex pruinosum
Canis latrans
Based on studies in:
USA: New Mexico, White Sands (Carrion substrate)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
Dermestes vulpinus
Eleodes hispilabris
Trox scutellaris
Trox nodosus
Trox suberosus
Euxesta
Coenosia
Cochliomyia macellaria
Sarcophaga utilis
Oxysarcodexia ochripyga
Pogonomyrmex apache
Myrmecocystus mimicus
Solenopsis xyloni
Iridomyrmex pruinosum
Canis latrans
Based on studies in:
USA: New Mexico, White Sands (Carrion substrate)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- M. McKinnerney, 1977. Carrion communities in the northern Chihuahuan Desert. M.S. thesis. University of Texas-El Paso, Texas; and 1978, Carrion communities in the northern Chihuahuan Desert. Southw. Nat. 23:563-576, from thesis and p. 571.
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- 2011-03-02 02:22:23 UTC
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