Roads are one of the main threats to mammal species conservation. Identifying relationships
between landscape and road-kill patterns is necessary to build predictive models and to …

Cerdocyon thous is widely distributed in South America and occurs throughout most of
Brazil. However, little is known of its ecology in the semi-arid Caatinga biome, and this study …

Basic knowledge of species biology and ecology is essential for the assessment of species
conservation status and planning for efficient conservation strategies; however, this …

At least 251 mammal species are recorded for the Brazilan cerrado, which, therefore, is the
third richest Brazilian biome. Most mammal surveys in Brazilian cerrado result from studies …

O estado de Goiás, no Brasil central, é coberto principalmente pelo domínio do Cerrado,
com a Mata Atlântica do Alto Paraná ocupando sua porção centro-sul. Goiás é uma das 20 …

Xenarthra contém duas ordens, seis famílias, 14 gêneros e 38 espécies viventes. A ordem
Cingulata (tatus) representa 22 das espécies de xenartros e seis destas são encontradas no …

The hoary fox (Lycalopex vetulus) is the only species of the Canidae (Mammalia: Carnivora)
endemic to Brazil, and so far has been the target of few genetic studies. Using …

Brazilian mammal fauna is considered to be the richest of the Neotropical region. However,
in several regions of the country, there are gaps in the knowledge of its mammal fauna …

Exploring factors related to species distribution is important to better understand their natural
histories and provide their effective conservation. However, the ecology of some threatened …

In South America, the crab-eating fox Cerdocyon thous occurs in sympatry to the
ecologically similar, and phylogenetically close Lycalopex vetulus to the North, and …