Non-volant mammal inventory of Cusuco National Park, north-west Honduras: reporting the presence of Jaguar, Panthera onca (Linnaeus, 1758), and demonstrating the effects of zonal protection on mammalian abundance

Hoskins, Hannah; Burdekin, Oliver; Dicks, Kara; Slater, Kerry; McCann, Niall P.; Jocqué, Merlijn; Castañeda, Franklin; Reid, Neil

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“…S1). The apparent local extirpation of Baird's tapir is most concerning as Cusuco National Park was previously noted as one of the last remaining strongholds for the species (Gilroy et al, 2017;McCann, 2015, Hoskins et al, 2018, even though its local status was predicted as precarious with likely extinction imminent (McCann, Wheeler, Coles, & Bruford, 2012). We suggests that the IUCN Range status for this population be updated from "extant (resident)" and reclassed as "possibly extant (resident)" indicative of the uncertainty that tapir remain in unsurveyed areas (Supplementary Materials Fig.…”

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Rapid defaunation of terrestrial mammals in a protected Neotropical cloud forest remnant

Hoskins

McCann

Jocqué

et al. 2020

Journal for Nature Conservation

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Macroecological analyses capture the widespread nature of wild mammal range contractions and population declines globally, with Neotropical rainforests particularly vulnerable. Yet there is a paucity of basic population biology data capturing local empirically observed population changes. We generated species-specific and aggregated temporal trends in populations of terrestrial mammals in Cusuco National Park, north-west Honduras testing the effects of body-size, hunting and zonal protection measures. Hunted species, regardless of body size, exhibited declines (ca. -7% per year) with greater rapidity of decline in the park's more accessible and less rigorously protected buffer zone. The site was once regarded as a remaining strong of Baird's tapir (Tapirus bairdii), IUCN Red Listed as Endangered, but our data suggest its near local extirpation from monitored sites. Hunted deer (Mazama temama and Odocoileus virginianus) and paca (Cuniculus paca) also declined substantially. Whilst specific-species trends varied among unhunted species (e.g. wild cats, mustelids etc.) they, nevertheless, also exhibited an aggregated decline throughout the park (ca. -6% per year).Such was the rapidity of these declines that we estimate complete mammalian defaunation of Cusuco National Park by the mid-2020s leaving a notionally highly protected area mostly devoid of terrestrial mammals and the associated ecosystem services they deliver (so-called 'empty forest syndrome'). We call on Governments and non-governmental organizations including conservation charities to prioritize urgent efforts to secure funding and personnel to ensure designated areas are adequately protected with enforcement of existing legislative protection whether through patrols or capacity building to efficiently curtail ongoing defaunation.

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Rapid defaunation of terrestrial mammals in a protected Neotropical cloud forest remnant

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Jocqué

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Journal for Nature Conservation

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“…En 1986, ese colectó otra hembra adulta en este país. En el caso de Honduras se tiene un reporte en 2014 (Hoskins et al, 2018).…”

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El Armadillo, Cabassous centralis (Cingulata: Chlamyphoridae) en agroecosistemas con café de Costa Rica

Sánchez-Brenes¹,

Monge

2019

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Introducción: El armadillo Cabassous centralis se clasifica como una especie con Datos Insuficientes que se encuentra desde México hasta el norte de América del Sur. Objetivo: Ampliar la distribución ecológica de C. centralis. Métodos: Colocamos cuatro cámaras trampa en sitios estratégicos como fuentes de alimentación, madrigueras, cuerpos de agua y transición al bosque secundario, en San Ramón, Costa Rica. Resultados: Obtuvimos un registro de C. centralis en la transición entre la plantación de café y el bosque secundario. Conclusión: Este nuevo hallazgo cerca de un cafetal se suma a la lista de hábitats que ocupa y puede ayudar en su conservación.

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“…A total of 23 records exist for Honduras. There is one record in GBIF (2020), two in iNaturalist (2020), and 12 published records by Miller (1899), Marineros & Martínez (1998), Komar et al (2006), Castañeda et al (2013b), Portillo Reyes & Elvir (2013, Hoskins et al (2018), andMiAmbiente &Panthera (2018). We did not consider the record of Flores et al (2019) in Choluteca because their work was based on interviews with local people, and no other evidence supports the species occurrence in southern Honduras.…”

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“…,McCain (2001),Komar et al (2006), CATIE (2007,Medina-Fitoria (2008),Castañeda (2010),Portillo-Reyes & Hernández (2011), Portillo & Carrasco (2011), Castañeda et al (2013a), Hoskins et al (2018,Portillo et al (2018), Portillo Reyes (2018), and …”

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Welcome to Edentata 21! This year's issue features two full articles, two short communications, and two field notes. It includes an interesting review on the xenarthrans of Honduras; a description of the first camera trap records of giant anteaters in Baritú National Park, Argentina; and a report on the occurrence of ticks on free-ranging armadillos in Piauí, Brazil. Coincidentally, there are two contributions about giant armadillos and bees. One of them describes the attack of Priodontes maximus on a nest and its predation of stingless bees, whereas the other explores ways to reduce the conflict between beekeepers and giant armadillos. And don't miss the field note about the SlothBot, a cute environmental monitoring robot! Hopefully, the SlothBot will collect data for field ecologists in the rainforest canopy in the near future.The News section includes, among others, exciting announcements about the partnership our Specialist Group has entered into with Nurtured by Nature, and the possibility to support our Specialist Group via Pay-Pal. It also showcases some astonishing statistics from the First International Congress on Xenarthra Conservation, which was held online from November 30 to December 3 and was attended by over 500 participants! We hope many of you participated in this amazing congress and enjoyed the interesting talks and minicourses. We would like to take the opportunity to thank Instituto Tamanduá for having organized this wonderful event. This was the first, but certainly not the last, International Congress on Xenarthra Conservation.At the end of this edition, you will find updated Instructions to Authors in English, Spanish and Portuguese. We hope that these detailed instructions will help you prepare your manuscripts for submission to Edentata. We are looking forward to receiving your manuscripts! Last, but not least, we would like to thank Benison Pang for his generous donation, which has allowed us to prepare this year's edition of Edentata, and Kansas City Zoo for their generous donation to the Pygmy Sloth Conservation Program. We are also grateful to Nurtured by Nature for their continuing support.

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Non-volant mammal inventory of Cusuco National Park, north-west Honduras: reporting the presence of Jaguar, Panthera onca (Linnaeus, 1758), and demonstrating the effects of zonal protection on mammalian abundance

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Rapid defaunation of terrestrial mammals in a protected Neotropical cloud forest remnant

Rapid defaunation of terrestrial mammals in a protected Neotropical cloud forest remnant

El Armadillo, Cabassous centralis (Cingulata: Chlamyphoridae) en agroecosistemas con café de Costa Rica

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