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The ethology study focused on the comparison of the behavior of Red Fox (\kur{Vulpes vulpes}) and Corsac Fox (\kur{Vulpes corsac}) in zoo Hluboká
SMOLEŇOVÁ, Lucie
The aim of the thesis was to conduct an ethological study, carried out in the Zoo Hluboká nad Vltavou, to compare the behaviour of a corsac fox (Vulpes corsac) and a red fox (Vulpes vulpes). For the elaboration was used a method of a direct observation with a partial use of camera traps. The observation of both groups of foxes took place in a time span of 8 months, in the morning and the afternoon, and the ethological pictures were evaluated regarding each individual separately, however with the exception of recordings from camera traps, which were evaluated regarding the whole group of each fox species. From the observation was determined, that the corsac foxes spent the most time visibly resting and moving across the coop, however the red foxes spent most of the time in the burrow, due to their shyness. The red foxes were most active in the nightly and early morning hours, the corsac foxes showed most activity in the morning and afternoon hours. For a successful breeding of corsac foxes in the zoo, a separation of the group should be considered, for the reasons of the female foxes killing the cubs and also the aggression of a female fox Marfuša against a female fox Nastěnka.
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