Giroux, A. et al.  Sex Drives Intraspecific Scaling of Home Range Size in Mammals. Ecology Letters, v. 28, n. 11, p. e70245, 202 5. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70245 .  FIGURE 2 | Spatial distribution of data collection across the Brazilian savanna and grassland (land- use land- cover classification shown here is based on Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics' 1:250,000 vegetation map (28)). Brazil's map shows the location of the study sites (1–14) where specie

Laurindo, R. de S.; Machado, G. A.; Azevedo, F. C. de; Oliveira, R. B.; Garbino, G. S. T. E Lemos, F. G. New Records of the Hoary Fox, Lycalopex vetulus (Lund, 1842) in an Anthropized Region of the Atlantic Forest, Southeastern Brazil. Austral Ecology, v. 50, n. 8, p. e70104, 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.70104 . Disponível em: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/394447590 . New records of the Hoary Fox (Lycalopex vetulu s) in Viçosa (1) and Juiz de Fora (2), Mi

Alegre, V. B.; Sepulvida, R.; Oshima, J. E. F.; Azevedo, F. C.; Kanda, C. Z.; Morato. R. G. E Ribeiro, M. C. Ecological traits explain wild felid responses to human-modified landscapes in Brazil: an open-data approach for conservation. Biological Conservation, v. 311, 111461, 2025. https://doi.org/10.32942/X25P9G . Disponível em: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/391730955 . Understanding how wild felids respond to human-modified landscapes is critical for designing ef

Martins, J.Á., Lemos, F.G., de Freitas-Junior, M.C. et al. Do mammals use human-modified landscapes? A survey of medium- and large-sized species in an Atlantic Forest-Cerrado pastureland. Mammal Research, v. 70, p. 347–357, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-025-00799- . Disponível em: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13364-025-00799-w Agroecossistema - Corumbaíba, Sudeste de Goiás. Abstract Protected areas alone are insufficient to address the growing global biod

Azevedo, F. C.; Lemos, F. G.; Freitas-Junior, M. C.; Fabiano, E. C.; Azevedo, F. C. C. Foraging ecology of an apex predator in forested patches within a human-dominated landscape at Southeast Brazil. Journal for Nature Conservation. v. 86, 126929, 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2025.126929 . Disponível em: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1617138125001062 . Carnivore energy requirements are particularly critical in human-dominated landscapes, w

Carvalho-Roel, C. F., Azevedo, F. C. de, Freitas-Junior, M. C. de, Candeias, I. Z. das, Junior, O. M., Lemos, F. G. How risky is to live among us? Assessing the population viability of two South American wild canids in an agroecosystem.  Biological Conservation , v. 299, p. 110805, 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110805 . Disponível em: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320724003677?via%3Dihub . Wild canids face a myriad of threats, s

C hagas, C. R. F., Monticelli, C., Lima, C. F. da M., Ramos, P. L. Parasites diversity, abundance, prevalence, and richness infecting Didelphis aurita (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) in the Atlantic rainforest, Brazil.  Pathogens , v. 13, n. 9, p. 806, 2024. DOI:   https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens13090806 . Disponível em: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/13/9/806 . Parasites are key players in ecosystems, influencing population sizes and food webs, yet the impact of environment

N auyoma, L.T.; Warbington, C.H.; Azevedo, F.C.; Lemos, F. G.; Sequeira, F.; Ezequiel F. C. Density and abundance estimation of unmarked ungulates using camera traps in the Mudumu National Park, Namibia.  European Journal of Wildlife Research , v. 70, n. 2, p. 28, 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-024-01783-6 . Disponível em: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10344-024-01783-6#citeas . Density and abundance estimates are critical to effective wildlife manage

Garcez, F. S.; Tchaicka, L.; Lemos, G. L.; Kasper, C. B.; Dalponte, J. C.; Eizirik, E. Phylogeographic analyses of an endemic Neotropical fox (Lycalopex vetulus) reveal evidence of hybridization with a different canid species (L. gymnocercus).  Journal of Heredity , v. 115, n. 4, p. 399-410, 2024. DOI:   https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esae012 . Disponível em: https://academic.oup.com/jhered/article/115/4/399/7615236 . The hoary fox ( Lycalopex vetulus ) is the only species of

Lemos, F. G. ; Ferreira, B. L.; Santos, S. T.; Azevedo, F. C. . Beliefs and Science: Human dimensions allied with puma ecology aiming for coexistence in Central Brazil. The Wild Felid Monitor, The newletter of the wild felid research and management association. v. 16, p. 19-20, 2023. Disponível em: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/373948842 .

Machado, G.A.; Azevedo, F. C.; Freitas-Júnior, M. C. et al.  Size does not matter: natural history and sexual dimorphism of the striped hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus amazonicus) in Central Brazil.  Mammal Research , v. 69, n. 2, p. 257-270, 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-024-00738-1 . Disponível em: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13364-024-00738-1 . Foto: @ fredgemesiolemos Expanding knowledge on natural history of carnivores allows to understand mechanism

Santos, P. M.; A. Bocchiglieri, A. G.; Chiarello, et al . 2019. Neotropical Xenarthrans: a data set of occurrence of xenarthran species in the Neotropics. Ecology, v. 100(7): e02663. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2663 . Disponível em: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.2663/suppinfo . Xenarthrans—anteaters, sloths, and armadillos—have essential functions for ecosystem maintenance, such as insect control and nutrient cycling, playing key roles as ecosystem engi

Kotviski, B. M.; Facure, K. G.; Azevedo, F. C.; Freitas-Junior, M. C.; Lemos, F. G. Trophic Niche overlap and resource partitioning among wild canids in an Anthropized Neotropical Ecotone. Mastozoologia Neotropical . v. 26 (2), p. 368-376, 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31687/saremMN.19.26.2.0.29 . Disponível em: https://www.redalyc.org/journal/457/45763089017/ . Understanding basic feeding ecology of wild animals is paramount to comprehend interspecicinteractions. This is e

Lemos, F. G.; Facure, K. G.; Costa, A. N. Interference competition between the crab-eating fox and the hoary fox.  Canid News , v. 10, n. 3, 2007. Disponível em: https://www.canids.org/canidnews/10/Competition_between_crab_eating_and_hoary_fox.pdf Cachorro-do-mato e Raposa-do-campo This note describes an aggressive interaction between a crab-eating fox Cerdocyon thous and a hoary fox Pseudalopex vetulus observed on a cattle farm in the south of Goiás State, Central Brazil.

LEMOS, F. G.; FACURE, K. G. New record of Amphisbaena fuliginosa (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae) for the Cerrado Biome, in an area of extensive cattle ranching. Biota Neotropica, v. 7, p. 239-241, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1676-06032007000100031 Samples of Amphisbaena fuliginosa from the Cerrado biome are scarce and additional data are needed to clarify the geographic distribution and patterns of differentiation of this species. During field works at a cattle farm in the sou

Bruna, E.; Guimarães, J. F.; Lopes, C. T.; Duarte, P.; Gomes, A. C. L.; Belentani, S. C. S.; Pacheco, R.; Facure, K. G.; Lemos, F. G.; Vasconcelos, H. Mammalia, Estação Ecológica do Panga, a Cerrado protected area in Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Check List (São Paulo. Online), v. 6, p. 668-675, 2010. DOI: 10.15560/6.4.668 . Disponível em: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/49601904 We present a species list of the mammals of the Estação Ecológica do Panga, a 404 ha Cerra

LEMOS, F. G.; FACURE, K. G. Seasonal variation in foraging group size of crab-eating foxes and hoary foxes in the Cerrado Biome, Central Brazil. MASTOZOOLOGÍA NEOTROPICAL (IMPRESA), v. 18, p. 239-245, 2011. Resumo: Variação sazonal no tamanho de grupo de forrageio em cachorros-do-mato e raposas-do-campo no bioma Cerrado, Brasil central. Em regiões com uma estação seca pronunciada, como o Bioma Cerrado (savana brasileira), a sazonalidade climática pode afetar a disponibilidade

LEMOS, F. G.; AZEVEDO, F. C.; COSTA, H. C. M.; MAY JUNIOR, J. A. Human threats to Hoary and Crab-eating foxes at Central Brazil. Canid News (Online), v. 14, p. 1-6, 2011. Resumo: Relatamos ameaças a Lycalopex vetulus e ao cachorro-do-mato Cerdocyon thous em fazendas de gado no sudeste do estado de Goiás, Brasil, e em uma estrada federal no estado de Minas Gerais, incluindo a possível primeira raposa-caranguejeira documentada e intencionalmente envenenada no Brasil. Das ameaça

AZEVEDO, F. C.; LEMOS, F. G.; ALMEIDA, L. B.; CAMPOS, C. B.; BEISIEGEL, B. M.; De PAULA, R. C.; CRAWSHAW JUNIOR, P. G.; FERRAZ, K. M. P. M. B.; OLIVEIRA, T. G. Avaliação do risco de extinção da onça-parda Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771) no Brasil. Biodiversidade Brasileira, v. 3, p. 107-121, 2013. Justificativa: A onça-parda, Puma concolor , possui distribuição ampla no Brasil, ocorrendo em todos os biomas. O tamanho populacional efetivo foi calculado em cerca de 4.000 indiví

BEISIEGEL, B. M.; LEMOS, F. G.; AZEVEDO, F. C.; QUEIROLO, D.; JORGE, R. P. S. Avaliação do risco de extinção do cachorro-do-mato Cerdocyon thous (Linnaeus, 1776) no Brasil. Biodiversidade Brasileira, v. 3, p. 138-145, 2013. Cachorros-do-mato ( Cerdocyon thous ). Justificativa: Cerdocyon thous possui ampla distribuição geográfica, sendo aparentemente tolerante a perturbações antrópicas, porém não à urbanização. Ocorre em todos os biomas brasileiros e em uma ampla variedade d