O’Donnell’s disbelief was justified. Short-eared dogs, a near-threatened species endemic to the Amazon Basin, are notoriously elusive, making them a difficult species to study.At Fauna Forever ...

His longest sighting of a short-eared dog lasted about 20 seconds as it chased a spiny rat into a hollow log. “They’re incredibly secretive,” he said. Video.

One of the Amazon rain forest's most elusive inhabitants, the short-eared dog, has been caught on video. About the size of a fox, these jungle canines are incredibly difficult to spot.

Header image: A short-eared dog pauses before a camera trap in the Amazon rainforest. Camera traps, which trigger remotely, have provided an unprecedented new look into this elusive canine.

But almost a third of short-eared dog habitat could be lost by 2027. The species is “one of the least studied dogs worldwide,” University of California, Davis ecologist Daniel Rocha tells Cara ...

Extremely Rare Jungle Dog Caught on Camera in Peru Posted By Steven Pomeroy On Date August 5, 2017 (via Nat Geo ) One of the Amazon rain forest's most elusive inhabitants, the short-eared dog, has ...