The maned wolf takes domestic poultry and the occasional lamb or newborn pig, making it a target for pest control.
Habitat destruction (including the annual burning of grasslands), persecution by angry poultry farmers, hunting for sport, and live capture are factors that threaten the maned wolf.
The maned wolf is distributed from the mouth of the Parnaiba River in northeastern Brazil west to the Pampas del Heath in Peru and South through the Chaco of Paraguay to Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Its former range included parts of Uruguay and Argentina. It is the largest of all South American canids.
Other language names: Manhed Wolf - German; Lobo de crin, lobo guará, boroche - Spanish; a guará-guazú guará - Guarani
The maned wolf disappeared from Uruguay in the 19th century.
Chrysocyon brachyurus is listed as CITES "Appendix II", USA. ESA-"Endangered" and IUCN "Vulnerable". The maned wolf disappeared from Uruguay in the 19th century.