Notas sobre el Comportamiento de Cortejo y Apareamiento de Myrmecophaga tridactyla Bajo Condiciones Ex Situ

Abstract

Observations of the courtship behaviour and mating of two couples of giant anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) were carried out during the months of June and September 2004; July 2005; November 2006; and March 2007, at the Bioparque Los Ocarros, Colombia. The enclosure of the animals is semicircular, with an approximate area of 100 m², and permanently equipped with live trees, trunks, anthills, fresh water, troughs and refuges for resting. Data were collected by means of Ad Libitum sampling with Continuous and Multifocal Animal Registration. A total of 143 registrations corresponding to 39 behaviours were obtained. A basic ethogram and a descriptive diagram with coded behaviours were developed.