Rocha, D. G.; Ferraz, K. M. P. M. B.; Gonçalves, L.; Tan, C. K. W.; Lemos, F. G.; Ortiz, C.; Perez, A. C.; Negrões, N.; et al. 2020. Wild dogs at stake: deforestation threatens the only Amazon endemic canid, the short-eared dog ( Atelocynus microtis ). Royal Society Open Science, v. 7, p. 190717. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.190717 The persistent high deforestation rate and fragmentation of the Amazon forests are the main threats to their biodiversity. To anticipate and miti

Ramos, V. N.; Lemos, F. G.; Azevedo, F. C.; Arrais, R. C.; Lima, C. F. M.; Candeias, I. Z.; Martins, M. M.; Sandrim, A. C. L. G.; Siqueira, S. M.; Szabó, M. P. J. 2020. Wild carnivores, domestic dogs and ticks: shared parasitism in the Brazilian Cerrado. Parasitology, v. 147-6 p. 689-698. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182020000335 The increase of contact between natural and rural areas is prominent in Brazil, due to agricultural activities and concern with the environmental co

Lemos, F. G.; Azevedo, F. C.; De Paula, R. C.; Dalponte, J. C. 2020. Lycalopex Vetulus , Hoary Fox. The IUCN Red List Of Threatened Species. p. 1-18. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6926/87695615 The Hoary Fox, Lycalopex vetulus, is endemic to the Cerrado of Brazil, a savanna biome under severe anthropogenic pressure and with less than 20% of its original area undisturbed. The estimated number of mature individuals is 9,840-19,200 and it is estimated that the species has

Marinho, P. H.; Araújo, F. R.; Grangeiro, R. P.; Azevedo, F. C.; Lemos, F. G. 2022. Where does the fox stay? First camera trap records of the threatened hoary fox Lycalopex vetulus (Carnivora, Canidae) in a xeric habitat of a neotropical dry forest-savanna ecotone. Mammal Research, v. 67, p. 131-136. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-021-00606-2 The hoary fox Lycalopex vetulus is the only wild canid endemic to Brazil, occurring mainly in open and mesic habitats of the Cerrado

Guastalla, M. G.; Azevedo, F. C.; Vogliotti, A.; Lacerda, W. R.; Magina, G. C.; Cardoso, C. A. C.; Endo, W.; Peres, C. A.; Haugaasen, T.; Rocha, D. G.; Lemos, F. G. 2021. The mysterious white deer: anomalous coloring in diferente Neotropical deer. Mammalian Biology, v. 101 p. 665-673. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-021-00156-9 Animal coloring serves several functions, including camouflage and thermoregulation. However, some individuals have anomalous coloring patterns due to

Rocha, E. C.; Silva, J.; Silva, D. P.; Lemos, F. G.; De Castro, M. C. 2022. Distribution of the greater naked-tailed armadillo (Desmarest, 1804) in South America, with new records and species distribution modeling. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment. p. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/01650521.2022.2085018 Cabassous tatouay occurs in moist forests, savannas, and grasslands of south, central, and northeastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, and Urugua

Facure, K. G.; Lemos, F. G.; Azevedo, F. C.; Kotviski, B. M.; Freitas-Junior, M. C.; Rigobello, I. L.; Silva, T. A.; Nalla, S. F.; Gomez-Hernandez, C.; Rezende-Oliveira, K. Ecologia de canídeos silvestres em agroecossistemas . In: Heraldo Luís Vasconcelos. (Org.). Ecologia e conservação dos cerrados, campos e florestas do Triângulo Mineiro e Sudeste de Goiás. 1. ed. Uberlândia: Regência e Arte, 2020. p. 73-87. ISBN: 978-65-86084-16-0

Lemos, F. G.; Facure, K. G.; Azevedo, F. C. A First Approach to the Comparative Ecology of the Hoary Fox and the Crab-eating Fox in a Fragmented Human Altered Landscape in the Cerrado Biome at Central Brazil . In: Rosalino, L. M.; Gheler-Costa, C. (Org.). Middle-Sized Carnivores in Agricultural Landscapes. 1. ed. New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2011. p. 143-160. ISBN: 9781611220339

Lemos, F. G.; Azevedo, F. C. Lycalopex vetulus (Lund, 1842) Carnivora; Canidae . In: Bressan, P. M.; Kierulff, M. C. M.; Sugieda, A. M. (Org.). Fauna Ameaçada de Extinção no Estado de São Paulo - Vertebrados. 1. ed. São Paulo: Fundação Parque Zoológico de São Paulo: Secretaria de Meio Ambiente, 2009, v. 1, p. 61-61. ISBN 978-85-63001-00-9

Rodriguez-Castro, K. G.; Lemos, F. G.; Azevedo, F. C.; Freitas-Junior, M. C.; Desbiez, A. L. J.; Galetti Junior, P. M. 2022. Human highly modified landscapes restrict gene flow of the largest neotropical canid, the maned wolf . Biodiversity and Conservation, v. 31 p. 1229-1247. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-022-02385-x Human-modified landscapes have been threatening mammal populations worldwide. However, little is known about the genetic consequences of these impacts in long