A Record of Alopecia in the Maned Wolf, Chrysocyon Brachyurus Illiger, 1815, in Southern Minas Gerais State, Brazil

    March 2026 in “ Mammalogy Notes ”
    Felipe Santana Machado, Marcelo Vitor Gualberto Santos Chaves, Aloysio Souza de Moura, Dalmo Arantes de Barros, Rosângela Alves Tristão Borém, Marco Aurélio Leite Fontes
    TLDR Sterilize stray dogs to prevent disease spread to wildlife.
    This document reports an observation of a maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) with advanced hair loss, likely due to alopecia, in Southern Minas Gerais, Brazil. The condition is suspected to be caused by disease transmission from domestic dogs. To mitigate this risk, the document recommends sterilizing stray dogs to limit their roaming and reduce disease transmission to native wildlife. Additionally, it calls for increased monitoring by authorities, as abandoned dogs can act as reservoirs for zoonotic diseases.
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