Relative abundance and activity patterns of wild felids in Chimalapas rainforest, Oaxaca, Mexico

Briones‐Salas, Miguel; Lira-Torres, Iván; Carrera-Treviño, Rogelio; Sánchez‐Rojas, Gerardo

doi:10.12933/therya-16-320

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“…Field observations at the Kaa Iya National Park, in Bolivia, characterized the jaguar as a predominantly diurnal felid [46], which is in agreement with our findings. On the other hand, two other groups characterized the jaguar as a nocturnal species [47,48]. Regarding ocelots, Di Bitetti and colleagues [43] noted, as we did, a predominantly nocturnal activity pattern.…”

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Daily rhythmicity of behavior of nine species of South American feral felids in captivity

Antonio

Cerutti

Scaglione

et al. 2017

Physiology & Behavior

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The authors analyzed the daily activity rhythms of the domestic cat and of eight of the ten feral felid species that are indigenous to South America. All species showed daily rhythmicity of activity in captivity under a natural light-dark cycle. The robustness of the rhythmicity varied from species to species, but the grand mean of 34% was within the range of robustness previously described for mammalian species ranging in size from mice to cattle. There was not a sharp division between diurnal and nocturnal felids. Instead, what was found was a gradient of diurnality going from the predominantly nocturnal margay (72% of activity counts during the night) to the predominantly diurnal jaguarundi (87% of activity counts during the day) with the remaining species lying in between these two extremes. The ecological implications of temporal niche variations are discussed.

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Daily rhythmicity of behavior of nine species of South American feral felids in captivity

Antonio

Cerutti

Scaglione

et al. 2017

Physiology & Behavior

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“…Spatial capture-recapture (SCR) models should be able to overcome this limitation by incorporating spatial information from the individual detections [1,34,35]. In contrast to density estimates, a much greater number of studies has described activity patterns of margay across its range, suggesting that, overall, the species is nocturnal [6,8,17,30,31,[36][37][38][39], though in some areas it may show a cathemeral pattern [40].…”

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Margay (Leopardus wiedii) in the southernmost Atlantic Forest: Density and activity patterns under different levels of anthropogenic disturbance

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The margay (Leopardus wiedii) is a small Neotropical arboreal wild cat. This species is thought to be forest-dependent, although few studies so far have directly evaluated the relationships between spatiotemporal aspects of its ecology and landscape characteristics. The aim of this study was to estimate margay population density and activity patterns in six areas with different habitat types and levels of anthropogenic disturbance in the southernmost Atlantic Forest of Brazil. Our working hypothesis was that density and activity patterns differed between areas in response to differences in forest cover and anthropogenic disturbance. Margay records were obtained using camera trapping, during spring and summer from 2017 to 2019. In all areas, the sampling scheme consisted of 20 un-baited stations, set 1km apart, each containing two paired cameras. We assessed the potential effects of environmental variables, including anthropogenic factors, on margay density, rate of detection and space use by comparing nine spatial capture-recapture (SCR) models. Activity patterns of the margay, its potential prey, and competitors were described and compared using the date and time of the records. We obtained 66 records of margay. Two of the six sampled areas were excluded from subsequent analyses due to the small number of records. The density estimated by the top-ranked model varied from 9.6±6.4 individuals/100km 2 in the area with the highest human disturbance to 37.4±15.1 individuals/100km 2 in a less disturbed area. Margay densities responded positively to vegetation cover, supporting the hypothesis of forest dependence by the species. Both the margay and their potential prey (small rodents and marsupials) were found to be mostly nocturnal. Margay activity also overlapped with that of the ocelot, Leopardus pardalis, and with mammals associated with human

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“…Por otro lado, L. pardalis presentó un 20% de actividad diurna, coincidiendo con los resultados del estudio realizado en el norte de Perú, en donde también se registró una pequeña actividad diurna (Kolowski y Alonso, 2010). En cuanto a H. yagouaroundi presentó una actividad estrictamente diurna, coincidiendo con lo reportado previamente en otras regiones (Di Bitetti et al 2010;Briones-Salas et al 2016). Debido a que H. yagouaroundi y L. wiedii son felinos que poseen gran similitud morfológica (Kiltie, 1984), el patrón opuesto de actividad mostrado por sus registros probablemente sea el resultado de adaptaciones para reducir la competencia interespecífica por los recursos tróficos (Di Bitetti et al 2010;Pérez-Irineo y Santos-Moreno, 2014).…”

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“…Las especies L. pardalis y L. wiedii registraron mayor actividad nocturna. Los hábitos estrictamente nocturnos de L. wiedii coinciden con estudios realizados en Argentina y México (Di Bitetti et al 2010;Briones-Salas et al 2016).…”

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Registro fotográfico de tres especies de felinos (Carnivora: Felidae) simpátricos en el Parque Nacional Machalilla, costa del Ecuador

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Burgos

Mera

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El Parque Nacional Machalilla (PNM) ubicado en el hotspot Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena al oeste de Ecuador, contiene altos niveles de biodiversidad y endemismo; sin embargo, presenta una constante pérdida y degradación de su hábitat debido a la actividad antrópica. En este trabajo se determinó la presencia de los felinos silvestres dentro del área protegida del PNM. Se ubicaron 60 cámaras trampa dentro de las 56. 184 ha de la zona terrestre del PNM, entre los meses de octubre 2018 y febrero de 2019. Durante este periodo se detectó la presencia de tres especies de felinos silvestres: ocelote (Leopardus pardalis), margay (Leopardus wiedii) y yaguarundí (Herpailurus yagouaroundi). En esta nota se presenta un caso en particular en el que se reportó la presencia de las tres especies de felinos coincidiendo en una de las cámaras trampa

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Relative abundance and activity patterns of wild felids in Chimalapas rainforest, Oaxaca, Mexico

Cited by 16 publications

References 15 publications

Daily rhythmicity of behavior of nine species of South American feral felids in captivity

Daily rhythmicity of behavior of nine species of South American feral felids in captivity

Margay (Leopardus wiedii) in the southernmost Atlantic Forest: Density and activity patterns under different levels of anthropogenic disturbance

Registro fotográfico de tres especies de felinos (Carnivora: Felidae) simpátricos en el Parque Nacional Machalilla, costa del Ecuador

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