Coyotes eat flies at carrion

DS Mason, AK Jones, BT Barton, M Proctor, SL Webb… - Food Webs, 2023 - Elsevier
Coyote (Canis latrans) are a generalist carnivore that are presumed to be a facultative
scavenger. However, we observed feeding behavior that calls into question the simplicity of …

[HTML][HTML] The extended role of carrion: Insect consumption and hair taking at fox carcasses

D Redondo-Gómez, JM Gil-Sánchez… - Basic and Applied …, 2025 - Elsevier
Scavenging has been profusely studied in the last decades. However, carrion is more than a
direct source of food for scavengers and decomposers, as it may provide many non …

Historical dietary ecology of black-backed jackals (Lupulella mesomelas) based on dental microwear texture analysis

A Schwartz, L DeSantis, J Koehler… - Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Within the diverse carnivore guilds of eastern and southern Africa, Black-backed Jackal
(Lupulella mesomelas) populations are stable and thriving, unlike hundreds of mammal …