De PAULA, R. C.; RODRIGUES, F. H. G.; QUEIROLO, D.; JORGE, R. P. S.; LEMOS, F. G.; RODRIGUES, L. A. Avaliação do estado de conservação do Lobo-guará Chrysocyon brachyurus (Illiger, 1815) no Brasil. Biodiversidade Brasileira, v. 3, p. 146-159, 2013. Justificativa: Chrysocyon brachyurus ocorre principalmente nos biomas Cerrado e Pampa. Para o Cerrado, foi elaborado um modelo de viabilidade populacional (VORTEX), gerado a partir de parâmetros biológicos e demográficos. Considera

LEMOS, F. G.; AZEVEDO, F. C.; BEISIEGEL, B. M.; JORGE, R. P. S.; De PAULA, R. C.; RODRIGUES, F. H. G.; RODRIGUES, L. A. Avaliação do risco de extinção da Raposa-do-campo Lycalopex vetulus (Lund, 1842) no Brasil. BIODIVERSIDADE BRASILEIRA, v. 3, p. 160-171, 2013. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/297431105_Avaliacao_do_risco_de_extincao_da_Raposa-do-campo_Lycalopex_vetulus_no_Brasil Raposa-do-campo - Lycalopex vetulus Justificativa: A raposa-do-campo, Lycalopex vetulus,

AZEVEDO, F. C. ; LEMOS, F. G. ; ARRAIS, R. C. ; LIMA, C. F. M. ; De PAULA, R. C. Crawling towards species conservation: First pumas monitored by Global Positional System at Brazilian anthropized Cerrado. Wild Felid Monitor, v. 6, p. 14-15, 2013. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299603446_Crawling_towards_species_conservation_First_Pumas_monitored_by_Global_Positional_System_at_Brazilian_anthropized_Cerrado Onça-parda ( Puma concolor ) The Cerrado is the most divers

ROCHA, FABIANA LOPES; ROQUE, ANDRÉ LUIZ RODRIGUES; DE LIMA, JULIANE SAAB; CHEIDA, CAROLINA CARVALHO; LEMOS, FREDERICO GEMESIO; DE AZEVEDO, FERNANDA CAVALCANTI; ARRAIS, RICARDO CORASSA; BILAC, DANIELE; HERRERA, HEITOR MIRAGLIA; MOURÃO, GUILHERME; JANSEN, ANA MARIA. Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Neotropical Wild Carnivores (Mammalia: Carnivora): At the Top of the T. cruzi Transmission Chain. Plos One, v. 8, p. e67463, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0067463 Little

RODRIGUES, THAÍS C.S.; SANTOS, ANDRÉ L.Q.; LIMA-RIBEIRO, ANNA M.C; LEMOS, FREDERICO G.; AZEVEDO, FERNANDA C.; ARRAIS, RICARDO C.; GOMES, DAYANE O.; TAVARES, TATIANE C.F. Occurrence of antibodies against Leptospira spp. In free-ranging wild canids from the Brazilian savanna. Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira (Online), v. 35, p. 734-740, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0100-736X2015000800005 The Brazilian savanna, also known as Cerrado, is one of the world's richest and most ecol

AZEVEDO, F. C.; LEMOS, F. G.; ROCHA, D. G.; COSTA, A. N.; FREITAS JR., M. C. New-record of the bush dog Speothos venaticus in a human-altered landscape in West Minas Gerais, Brazil. Bioscience Journal (Online), v. 32, p. 1324-1330, 2016. https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/biosciencejournal/article/view/33302/19021 ABSTRACT: The bush dog ( Speothos venaticus ) is a Neotropical canid with a wide geographic distribution. Although globally listed as Near Threatened, this species was

LEMOS, FREDERICO G.; COSTA, ALAN N.; AZEVEDO, FERNANDA C.; FRAGOSO, CARLOS E.; FREITAS-JUNIOR, MOZART C.; ROCHA, EDNALDO C. Surveying in highly-modified landscapes to document the occurrence of threatened species: a study of the giant armadillo Priodontes maximus in central Brazil. ORYX, v. XXXX, p. 1-7, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605317001867 Tatu-canastra ( Priodontes maximus ) Studies on threatened species in highly modified and unprotected landscapes are necessary

AZEVEDO, F. C.; LEMOS, F. G; FREITAS-JUNIOR, M. C.; ROCHA, D. G.; AZEVEDO, F. C. C. Puma activity patterns and temporal overlap with prey in a human-modified landscape at Southeastern Brazil. JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, v. 305, p. 246-255, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12558 Animal activity patterns correspond to the individual diel cycle time and is an important attribute of species coexistence in ecological communities. However, activity patterns of most Neotropical species ar

AZEVEDO, F. C.; LEMOS, F. G. Big cat conservation and management in Brazil. The Wild Felid Monitor, v. 11, p. 22-22, 2018. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327919844_Big_cat_conservation_and_management_in_Brazil Pumas ( Puma concolor ) and jaguars ( Panthera onca ) are the apex predators of Neotropical ecosystems in South America; however, both species are threatened by extinction to some degree through-out this range. Indubitably, the main threats are direct

SILVA, M. X.; RODRIGUES, A. N. S.; AZEVEDO, F. C.; LEMOS, F. G. Stronger together: observation on crabeating foxes ( Cerdocyon thous ) cooperatively preying their potential predator. MASTOZOOLOGIA NEOTROPICAL /JOURNAL OF NEOTROPICAL MAMMALOGY, v. 25, p. 001-005, 2018. ABSTRACT. We describe the first record of cooperative predation by two crab-eating foxes ( Cerdocyon thous ) upon an adult short-tailed boa ( Boa constrictor amarali ) at a Brazilian Cerrado spot. Although it is

BRANDAO, E. M. V.; XAVIER, S. C. C.; CARVALHAES, J. G.; D'ANDREA, P. S.; LEMOS, F. G.; AZEVEDO, F. C.; CASSIA-PIRES, R.; JANSEN, A. M.; ROQUE, A. L. R. Trypanosomatids in small mammals of an agroecosystem in Central Brazil: Another piece in the puzzle of parasite transmission in an anthropogenic landscape. PATHOGENS, v. 8, p. 1-17, 2019. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens8040190 We surveyed infection by Trypanosoma spp. and Leishmania spp. in small wild mammals from Cumari,

Vieira, Y. R.; Portilho, M. M.; Oliveira, F. F.; Guterres, A.; Santos, D. R. L.; Villar, L. M.; Mirazo, S.; Rocha, F. L.; Azevedo, F. C.; Lemos, F. G.; Paula, V. S.; Pinto, M. A. et al. 2019. Evaluation of HBV-like circulation in wild and farm animals from Brazil and Uruguay. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, v. 16, p. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16152679 The origin of the hepatitis B virus is a subject of wide deliberation among resea

Hofman, M. P. G.; Hayward, M. W.; Azevedo, F. C.; Lemos, F. G.; Balkenhol, N. et al. 2019. Right on track? Performance of satellite telemetry in terrestrial wildlife research. PLoS One, v. 14 (5), p. e0216223. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216223 Satellite telemetry is an increasingly utilized technology in wildlife research, and current devices can track individual animal movements at unprecedented spatial and temporal resolutions. However, as we enter the golden age

Abra, F. D.; Garbino, G. S. T.; Prist, P. R.; Nascimento, F. O.; Lemos, F. G. 2020. New occurrences of Hoary Fox, Lycalopex vetulus (Lund, 1842), and Pantanal Cat, Leopardus braccatus (Cope, 1889) (Mammalia, Carnivora), in a Cerrado-Caatinga-Atlantic Forest ecotone in northeastern Brazil. Check List, Journal of Species List and Distribution, v. 16 (6), p. 1673-1677. https://doi.org/10.15560/16.6.1673 We present new records of Hoary Fox, Lycalopex vetulus (Lund, 1842), and

Azevedo, F. C.; Lemos, F. G.; Freitas-Junior, M. C.; Arrais, R. C.; Morato, R. G.; Azevedo, F. C. C. 2020. The importance of forests for an apex predator: spatial ecology and habitat selection by pumas in an agroecosystem. Animal Conservation. V. 24 (3) p. 499-509. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12659 The maintenance of viable carnivore populations along human-dominated landscapes depends on the understanding of the species requirements that are critical to the design of global

Bickley, S. M.; Lemos, F. G.; Gilmore, M. P.; Azevedo, F. C.; Freeman, E. W.; Songsasen, N. 2020. Human perceptions of and interactions with wild canids on cattle ranches in central Brazil. Oryx, v. 54 (4) p. 546-553. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605318000480 Local attitudes towards carnivores often reflect the degree of damage they are perceived to cause. Consequently, understanding the interactions between people and these species is essential to conservation efforts. This

Nagy-Reis, M.; Oshima, J. E. F.; Kanda, C. Z.; Palmeira, F. B. L.; Melo, F. R.; Morato, R. G. et al. 2020. Neotropical Carnivores: a data set on carnivore distribution in the Neotropics Ecology, v. 101 (11), p. ecy.3128. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3128 Mammalian carnivores are considered a key group in maintaining ecological health and can indicate potential ecological integrity in landscapes where they occur. Carnivores also hold high conservation value and their habitat re

Brandão, E. M. V.; Xavier, S. C. C.; Rocha, F. L.; Lima, C. F. M.; Candeias, I. Z.; Lemos, F. G.; Azevedo, F. C.; Jansen, A. M.; Roque, A. L. R. 2020. Wild and Domestic Canids and Their Interactions in the Transmission Cycles of Trypanosoma Cruzi And Leishmania spp. in an Area of the Brazilian Cerrado. Pathogens, v. 9, p. 818. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9100818 Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania spp. are parasites that infect multiple hosts including canids, consider

Rosa, C. A.; Ribeiro, B. R.; Bejarano, V.; Puertas, F. H.; Bocchiglieri, A.; Barbosa, A. L. S.; Chiarello, A. G.; Lemos, F. G. et al. 2020. Neotropical alien mammals: a data set of occurrence and abundance of alien mammals in the Neotropics. Ecology, Volume 101 (11) p. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3115 Biological invasion is one of the main threats to native biodiversity. For a species to become invasive, it must be voluntarily or involuntarily introduced by humans into a

Candeias, I. Z.; Lima, C. F. M.; Lemos, F. G.; Spercosky, K. M.; Oliveira, C. A.; Songsasen, N.; Guimarães, M. A. B. V. 2020. First assessment of hoary fox ( Lycalopex vetulus ) seasonal ovarian cyclicity by non-invasive hormonal monitoring technique. Conservation Physiology, v. 8, p. 1-12, https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coaa0392020 Raposa-do-campo Reproduction is key to species survival, and reproductive physiology represents a high priority investigative area for conservat