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Prey availability and temporal partitioning modulate felid coexistence in Neotropical forests.

open access: yesPLoS 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
doaj   +1 more source

Medium-sized mammals in peri-urban environments in southern Brazil

open access: yesActa 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
doaj   +1 more source

Rabies in a free-ranging jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi) in northeastern Brazil [PDF]

open access: yesPesquisa 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
doaj   +1 more source

Biogeography of polymorphic phenotypes: Mapping and ecological modelling of coat colour variants in an elusive Neotropical cat, the jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi)

open access: yesJournal 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
openaire   +2 more sources

Polling the Public to Select Flagship Species for Tourism and Conservation—A ‘Big Five’ for the Peruvian Amazon?

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 2, February 2025.
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.
Maribel Recharte   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unraveling Biogeographic Boundaries Within the Sierra Madre Oriental, México: An Endemicity Analysis Using a Taxonomically Diverse Dataset

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 1, January 2025.
We provide boundaries of the Sierra Madre Oriental in Mexico through a multi‐taxa endemicity analysis. ABSTRACT The Sierra Madre Oriental (SMO) is a significant mountain range and one of Mexico's 14 biogeographical provinces. Its delimitation has been debated.
Irene Goyenechea Mayer‐Goyenechea   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cortejo y Apareamiento del Puma yagouaroundi en el Zoológico Rosy Walther, Honduras

open access: yesCeiba, 2016
En esta nota se describe el cortejo y apareamiento observado entre una pareja de yaguarundí en cautiverio. Adicionalmente se describe la dieta, las dimensiones del encierro y el comportamiento social de los individuos. Las observaciones se realizaron en el zoológico Rosy Walther en Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
openaire   +2 more sources

Noteworthy record of subsistence hunting and meat consumption of jaguarundi (<i>Puma yagouaroundi</i>) in Colombia

open access: yesRevista Mexicana de Mastozoología (Nueva Epoca), 2013
ABSTRACTWild felids in the Americas are generally considered as cultural icons and are respected and revered by most of the cultures. However, they are considered threatened across their ranges, mostly by habitat loss and fragmentation, and both direct and prey hunting.
Julio J. Chacón Pacheco   +1 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Presencia de Puma yagouaroundi (Carnivora: Felidae) en el valle de Aburrá, Antioquia, Colombia

open access: yes, 2022
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Arias Alzate, Andrés   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

Occurrence of oral diseases in neotropical wild carnivores kept in captivity at the zoo from Federal University of Mato Grosso – Cuiabá

open access: yesSemina: Ciências Agrárias, 2015
Control of oral lesions contributes directly to the health, survival and welfare of captive animals. In order to investigate the occurrence of oral diseases in neotropical wild carnivores kept at the zoo at the Federal University of Mato Grosso – Cuiabá,
Paula Márcia Marques de Campos Andrade   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

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