Intraspecific, interspecific, and seasonal differences in the diet of three mid-sized carnivores in a large neotropical wetland

RC Bianchi, RC Campos, NL Xavier-Filho, N Olifiers… - Acta theriologica, 2014 - Springer
The diet and partitioning of food resources among mid-sized mammalian carnivores is
poorly known, especially in the tropics. We evaluated the resource partitioning between …

[HTML][HTML] Diet of margay, Leopardus wiedii, and jaguarundi, Puma yagouaroundi,(Carnivora: Felidae) in Atlantic rainforest, Brazil

RC Bianchi, AF Rosa, A Gatti, SL Mendes - Zoologia (Curitiba), 2011 - SciELO Brasil
This study identifies the food habits of the margay, Leopardus wiedii (Schinz, 1821), and the
jaguarundi, Puma yagouaroundi (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilare, 1803), in the Vale do Rio Doce …

Can Scat Analysis Describe the Feeding Habits of Big Cats? A Case Study with Jaguars (Panthera onca) in Southern Pantanal, Brazil

MLL Perilli, F Lima, FHG Rodrigues, SMC Cavalcanti - Plos one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Large cats feeding habits have been studied through two main methods: scat analysis and
the carcasses of prey killed by monitored animals. From November 2001 to April 2004, we …

[HTML][HTML] Hábito alimentar e interferência antrópica na atividade de marcação territorial do Puma concolor e Leopardus pardalis (Carnivora: Felidae) e outros …

R Martins, J Quadros, M Mazzolli - Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 2008 - SciELO Brasil
Os hábitos alimentares da onça-parda, jaguatirica e outros carnívoros foram estudados na
Juréia (80.000 ha), um dos maiores remanescentes de Mata Atlântica do estado de São …

Diet and habitat use by maned wolf outside protected areas in eastern Brazil

RL Massara, AM de Oliveira Paschoal… - Tropical …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
The maned wolf has been studied in nature reserves, but few researches have been carried
out outside protected areas. Since only about 2% of the Brazilian Cerrado, the maned wolf's …

Feeding habits of Geoffroy's cat (Leopardus geoffroyi) in southern Brazil

KS Sousa, A Bager - Mammalian Biology, 2008 - Elsevier
The present study was carried out from 2001 to 2005, with the objective of analyzing the diet
of Leopardus geoffroyi in extreme southern Brazil, through analyses of stomach contents …

Temporal variation of the diet of a top terrestrial predator: the jaguar as a case study

H Entringer Jr, HJ Del Duque Jr, AG Chiarello… - Mammal Research, 2022 - Springer
Here, we aimed to evaluate the existence of temporal variation in the jaguar's diet and to
determine if the adjustments in the diet apply to all prey or if there are species that are more …

Using reliable predator identification to investigate feeding habits of Neotropical carnivores (Mammalia, Carnivora) in a deforestation frontier of the Brazilian Amazon

FP Tirelli, TRO de Freitas, F Michalski, AR Percequillo… - Mammalia, 2019 - degruyter.com
Accurate identification of predator species is a critical requirement to investigate their diet
using faecal samples. We used non-invasive sampling and two methods of predator …

Microestruturas de pêlos de pequenos mamíferos não-voadores: chave para identificação de espécies de agroecossistemas do estado de São Paulo, Brasil

PS Martin, C Gheler-Costa, LM Verdade - Biota Neotropica, 2009 - SciELO Brasil
Características microestruturais dos pêlos vêm sendo usadas para identificação de
espécies em pesquisas taxonômicas, ecológicas, paleontológicas, arqueológicas e …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing hair-morphology and molecular methods to identify fecal samples from Neotropical felids

CC Alberts, BH Saranholi, F Frei, PM Galetti Jr - Plos one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
To avoid certain problems encountered with more-traditional and invasive methods in
behavioral-ecology studies of mammalian predators, such as felids, molecular approaches …