First geographical record of Tapirus pinchaque (Roulin, 1829) (Perissodactyla: Tapiridae) in the western Andes of Ecuador
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https://doi.org/10.18636/bioneotropical.v8i4.738Keywords:
Cajas Plateau, Camera trapping, Conservation, Mountain tapir, Records, Terrestrial mammals, Western AndesAbstract
We present the record of seven mountain tapir individuals registered with trap-cameras. This is the result of a monitoring program of terrestrial mammals in the mountain forests of Cajas National Park, particularly from western Andes slope. The animals were photographed at two different locations and apparently, theycorrespond to an isolated population of this species. The impact generated by loss and fragmentation of habitat is the major threat to this population found in the western slope of Cajas Plateau.
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