Editing Maned wolf (section)

{{Short description|Species of carnivore}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Maned wolf<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Wozencraft | id=14040790}}</ref>
| fossil_range = Late [[Pleistocene]] – Recent
| image = Lobo Guará andando.jpg
| image_caption = Maned wolf in [[Serra da Canastra National Park]]
| status = NT
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author1=Paula, R.C. |author2=DeMatteo, K. |year=2015 |title=''Chrysocyon brachyurus'' |errata=2016 |page=e.T4819A88135664 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T4819A82316878.en |access-date=18 February 2022}}</ref>
| status2 = CITES_A2 
| status2_system = CITES 
| status2_ref = <ref>{{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}</ref>
| display_parents = 3
| genus = Chrysocyon
| parent_authority = [[Charles Hamilton Smith|Smith]], 1839
| species = brachyurus
| authority = ([[Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger|Illiger]], 1815)
| range_map = Maned Wolf area.png
| range_map_caption = Range of the maned wolf
| synonyms = ''Canis brachyurus'', ''C. campestris'', ''C. isodactylus'', ''C. jubatus'', ''Vulpes cancrosa''
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=os19>{{cite journal|last=Osgood|first=Wilfred H.|title=Names of Some South American Mammals|journal=Journal of Mammalogy|volume=1|issue=1|pages=33–36|year=1919|jstor=1373718|doi=10.2307/1373718|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/90478}}</ref>
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The '''maned wolf''' ('''''Chrysocyon brachyurus''''') is a large [[caninae|canine]] of [[South America]].<ref name=":0">{{cite journal|last=Dietz|first=James M.|url=https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/2347/Dietz1985.pdf|title=Chrysocyon brachyurus|date=24 May 1985| journal=Mammalian Species| number= 234|pages=1–4|doi=10.2307/3503796 |publisher=The American Society of Mammalogists|jstor=3503796}}</ref> It is found in [[Argentina]], [[Brazil]], [[Bolivia]], [[Peru]], and [[Paraguay]], and is almost extinct in [[Uruguay]].<ref name=SW>{{Cite news|url=https://seaworld.org/animals/facts/mammals/maned-wolf/|title=Maned Wolf|publisher=Sea World}}</ref> Its markings resemble those of a [[red fox]],<ref name=WLT/> but it is neither a [[fox]] nor a [[wolf]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Maned wolf is a strange cross between a fox and a deer, and you've never seen anything like it |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/maned-wolf-strange-cross-between-154500990.html |access-date=2022-07-09 |website=www.yahoo.com |date=8 July 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=SW/> It is the only [[species]] in the [[genus]] '''''Chrysocyon''''' (meaning "golden dog" in {{langx|grc|χρῡσο-κύων}}: chryso-kyōn).

It is the largest canine in [[South America]], weighing {{cvt|20|–|30|kg}} and up to {{cvt|110|cm}} at the [[withers]]. Its long, thin legs and dense reddish coat give it a distinct appearance. The maned wolf is a [[crepuscular]] and [[omnivorous]] animal adapted to the open environments of the South American [[savanna]], with an important role in the [[seed dispersal]] of fruits, especially the [[wolf apple]] (''Solanum lycocarpum''). The maned wolf is a solitary animal. It communicates primarily by [[scent marking]], but also gives a loud call known as "roar-barking".

This [[mammal]] lives in open and semi-open [[habitat]]s, especially [[grassland]]s with scattered bushes and trees, in the [[Cerrado]] of south, central-west, and southeastern [[Brazil]]; [[Paraguay]]; northern [[Argentina]]; and [[Bolivia]] east and north of the [[Andes]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Langguth |first=A. |title=The wild canids: their systematics, behavioral ecology and evolution |publisher=Van Nostrand Reinhold Company |year=1975 |isbn=978-0442224301 |editor-last=Fox |editor-first=M. W. |location=New York |pages=192–206 |chapter=Ecology and evolution in the South American canids |ol=OL5059407M |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/wildcanidstheirs0000foxm/page/192}}</ref> and far southeastern [[Peru]] (Pampas del Heath only).<ref name="canids">{{cite book|editor=Sillero-Zubiri, C.|editor2=Hoffmann, M.|editor3=Macdonald, D.W.|year= 2004 |title=Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and Dogs. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan|chapter-url=http://www.carnivoreconservation.org/files/actionplans/canids.pdf|author=Rodden, M.|author2=Rodrigues, F.|author3=Bestelmeyer, S.|chapter=Chapter 3. South America (Neotropical)|pages=26–80|publisher=[[IUCN]]/SSC Canid Specialist Group|location=Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK|isbn=2-8317-0786-2}}</ref> It is very rare in [[Uruguay]], possibly being displaced completely through loss of habitat.<ref name=iucn/> The [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]] lists it as [[near threatened]],<ref name=iucn/> while it is considered a [[vulnerable species]] by the [[Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources]]. In 2011, a female maned wolf, run over by a truck, underwent [[stem cell]] treatment at the {{Ill|Zoo Brasília|pt|Jardim Zoológico de Brasília}}, this being the first recorded case of the use of stem cells to heal injuries in a wild animal.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Boyle |first1=Rebecca |url=https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-01/injured-brazilian-wolf-first-wild-animal-treated-stem-cells |title=Injured Brazilian Wolf Is First Wild Animal Treated With Stem Cells |website=[[Popular Science]] |date=January 15, 2011 |access-date=2021-08-06}}</ref>