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Medium-sized to large mammals of Serra do Tombador, Cerrado of Brazil [PDF]

Check List, 2017
The Cerrado is the second largest biome of Brazil and one of the most threatened, mainly due to habitat conversion and agricultural expansion. At the same time, the fauna of the Cerrado is poorly known.
Rodolfo Cabral, Marina Zanin, Grasiela Porfírio, Daniel Brito   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

First recorded birth of a giant armadillo (<i>Priodontes maximus</i>) under human care and notes on fetal characteristics and neonatal care. [PDF]

Braz J Vet Med
Information on breeding under human care is essential for conservation efforts, particularly for endangered species such as the giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus). Key aspects of its reproductive biology, such as neonate size, weight, and early development, remain largely undocumented. This study presents two case reports of P.
Aya-Cuero CA, Pardo-Moreno YA, León-Aguilar LK, Cruz-Ochoa PF, Faria ARG, de Oliveira MDLB, de Carvalho CM, Desbiez ALJ.   +7 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

The local extinction of one of the greatest terrestrial ecosystem engineers, the giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus), in one of its last refuges in the Atlantic Forest, will be felt by a large vertebrate community

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020
Priodontes maximus is the largest living armadillo and is at risk of extinction. The species ranges throughout South America and one of its last refuges in the entire Atlantic Forest is a reserve complex called Sooretama. We investigated the conservation
Bruno Lucas Fontes, Arnaud Leonard Jean Desbiez, Gabriel Fávero Massocato, Ana Carolina Srbek-Araujo, Tânia Margarete Sanaiotti, Helena Godoy Bergallo, Átilla Colombo Ferreguetti, Carlos Hartur Ribeiro Noia, Vitor Roberto Schettino, Renata Valls, Danielle de Oliveira Moreira, Andressa Gatti, Eduardo de Sá Mendonça, Aureo Banhos   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Polling the Public to Select Flagship Species for Tourism and Conservation-A 'Big Five' for the Peruvian Amazon? [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Flagship species are used to promote conservation and tourism, but selecting species purely for prescribed appealing characteristics may overlook unique flagships or homogenise selections. A strategy of polling the public can more directly identify existing preferences for species for marketing.
Recharte M, Lee PC, Vick SJ, Bowler M.
europepmc   +2 more sources

First national assessment of wildlife mortality in Ecuador: An effort from citizens and academia to collect roadkill data at country scale

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 3, March 2023., 2023
The first national assessment of wildlife mortality caused by road traffic in Ecuador. A comprehensive roadkill dataset with more than 5000 roadkill records in Ecuador that includes threatened and poorly known species. A joint effort of citizens and academia to collect roadkill data at a country scale.
Pablo Medrano‐Vizcaíno, David Brito‐Zapata, Adriana Rueda‐Vera, Pablo Jarrín‐V, José‐María García‐Carrasco, Diana Medina, Juan Aguilar, Néstor Acosta‐Buenaño, Manuela González‐Suárez   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Large and medium-sized mammals of the Humaitá Forest Reserve, southwestern Amazonia, state of Acre, Brazil [PDF]

Check List, 2012
Large and medium-sized mammals are essential to forest ecosystems as they are responsible for prey population control, seed dispersal and predation. A mammal survey was conducted in the Humaitá Forest Reserve (HFR), a 20 km² forest fragment located in ...
André Botelho, Armando Calouro, Luiz Borges, Willandia Chaves   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Medium and large-sized mammals of a private protected wetland in the Cerrado-Amazon biological corridor, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2021
Brazil is the world's richest country in biodiversity, including mammal species. In the Brazilian Cerrado biome, mammalian diversity is vast, with about 251 species, 32 of them are endemic and 22 listed as threatened species.
D. S. Silva, M. V. Ribeiro, F. H. Soares
doaj   +1 more source

Observations on the Diet of the Giant Armadillo (Priodontes maximus Kerr, 1792) [PDF]

Edentata, 2013
Abstract In this short note we report on the stomach contents of a giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus) in the Bolivian Amazon. The stomach exclusively contained seeds of a relatively large-seeded unknown species of fig (Ficus sp.). Subsequent observations under fruiting Ficus free-standing trees at a second location in eastern Bolivia further ...
Robert B. Wallace, R. Lilian E. Painter
openaire   +1 more source

Using camera traps to enhance community-based management of subsistence hunting in the Amazon. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Community‐based management and monitoring of biodiversity has emerged as a cost‐effective strategy for providing credible data, informing decision‐making, and empowering local communities in resource governance and management. However, the establishment of community‐based management of subsistence hunting in the Brazilian Amazon has been ...
Sampaio R, Morato RG, Nunes AV, Chiarello AG.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Ecology of the Giant Armadillo ( Priodontes maximus ) in the Grasslands of Central Brazil [PDF]

Edentata, 2009
Abstract The giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus) is the largest armadillo and is considered at risk of extinction by IUCN. Due to its fossorial and highly cryptic nature, it is also one of the least-studied mammals. The Cerrado grassland-savannahs of central South America comprises approximately 25 percent of the species' range, and the 1320 km2 Emas ...
Leandro Silveira, Anah Tereza de Almeida Jácomo, Mariana Malzoni Furtado, Natália Mundim Torres, Rahel Sollmann, Carly Vynne   +5 more
openaire   +1 more source