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Prey availability and temporal partitioning modulate felid coexistence in Neotropical forests.
PLoS ONE, 2019 Carnivores have long been used as model organisms to examine mechanisms that allow coexistence among ecologically similar species. Interactions between carnivores, including competition and predation, comprise important processes regulating local ...
Fernanda Santos +13 more
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Medium-sized mammals in peri-urban environments in southern Brazil
Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences, 2018 Anthropic effects on natural environments caused by urban expansion or agriculture have been identified as one of the causes for the decline in species richness.
Carla Denise Tedesco +2 more
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Austral Ecology, Volume 50, Issue 7, July 2025.We found rich and compositionally different assemblages of medium and large‐sized mammals in protected areas on the southern edge of Amazon. However, both have high rates of mammal defaunation. We argue that anthropogenic threats in the Amazon Arc of Deforestation are eroding large ungulate populations, especially peccaries.
Mateus Melo‐Dias +6 more
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Rabies in a free-ranging jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi) in northeastern Brazil [PDF]
Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira: Rabies is a fatal viral disease that affects animals and humans and is widespread among national ecological systems. We describe the anatomopathological and immunohistochemical findings of a case of rabies in a jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi ...
Yanca G.S. Soares +12 more
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Wildlife Letters, Volume 3, Issue 2, Page 56-63, June 2025.The Serra do Amolar, located in the Brazilian Pantanal, is a crucial but understudied area for biodiversity conservation. Through camera traps, we recorded 29 mammal species, including three rodent species documented for the first time in the area: Cavia aperea, Cuniculus paca, and Holochilus chacarius.
Sergio Eduardo Barreto de Aguiar +13 more
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Cortejo y Apareamiento del Puma yagouaroundi en el Zoológico Rosy Walther, Honduras
Ceiba, 2016 This note describes the courtship and mating exhibited by a pair of jaguarundi in captivity. Additionally, the diet, enclosure size and social behavior of the species are described. The observations were made at the Rosy Walther Zoo Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
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Journal of Zoology, 2016 AbstractThe jaguarundiPuma yagouaroundiis a small Neotropical cat that presents two main coloration phenotypes (grey/dark vs. reddish). Although these coat colour variants have been known for decades, and historically speculated to be associated with different habitats, their exact geographical distribution has never been mapped.
Gonçalves da Silva, Lucas +6 more
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Using camera traps to enhance community‐based management of subsistence hunting in the Amazon
Conservation Biology, Volume 39, Issue 3, June 2025.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 ...
Ricardo Sampaio +3 more
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Diversidade genética e filogeografia de Puma Yagouaroundi (Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae) [PDF]
, 2012 Apesar da alta biodiversidade existente na região Neotropical, esta é também uma das regiões menos estudadas no mundo e onde muitas espécies ainda continuam sendo pouco conhecidas. Um exemplo é o gato selvagem jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi), que é um dos
Pires, Carla Bettin
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