Appendix A (Table A1). Terrestrial mammal community at sites around Gatún Lake, Panama.
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| Spiny rat (Proechimys semispinosus) |
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| Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) |
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| Rabbit (Sylvilagus brasiliensis) |
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| Paca (Agouti paca) |
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| Collared peccary (Pecari tajacu) |
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| Red-tailed squirrel (Sciurus granatensis) |
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| White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) |
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| Red brocket deer (Mazama americana) |
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| Tapir (Tapirus bairdii) |
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| Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yaguarundi) |
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| Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) |
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| Margay (Leopardus wiedii) |
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| Puma (Puma concolor) |
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| Jaguar (Panthera onca) |
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†Jaguar and puma are known to visit BCI frequently (Wright and Duber 2001).
Sources: Glanz (1991) and Adler and Seamon (1991).
LITERATURE CITED
Adler, G. H., and J. O. Seamon. 1991. Distribution and abundance of a tropical rodent, the spiny rat, on islands in Panama. Journal of Tropical Ecology 7:349–360.
Glanz, W. E. 1991. Mammalian densities at protected versus hunted sites in Central Panama. Pages 163–173 in J. G. Robinson and K. H. Redford, editors. Neotropical wildlife use and conservation. University of Chicage Press, Chicago, Illinois, USA.