Abstract
Quimsacocha National Recreation Area is located on the western slope of the Andes in Azuay Province, southern Ecuador. All sampling locations were in the high paramo and high Andean forests (3,572 to 3,865 m). The habitats in-clude paramo, bogs, riparian, patches of elfin forests, and secondary cloud forest. We set Sherman, pitfall, and camera traps (3,600 trap nights), and mist nets to collect 117 specimens. Eight species were collected, including Caenolestes caniventer Anthony 1921; Didelphis pernigra J.A. Allen, 1900; Cryptotis montivagus (Anthony, 1921); Akodon mollis Thomas, 1894; Microryzomys altissimus (Osgood, 1933), Phyllotis haggardi Thomas, 1908; Sigmodon inopinatus Anthony, 1924; and Sylvilagus andinus (Thomas, 1897). Two additional species Coendou rufescens (Gray, 1865) and Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann, 1780) were documented photographically. This is the first survey that saved voucher specimens for mammals of Quimsacocha.
| Translated title of the contribution | Informe sobre los mamíferos del Área Nacional de Recreación Quimsacocha, provincia del Azuay, Ecuador |
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| Original language | English |
| Pages (from-to) | 125-131 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Check List |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© The authors.
Funding
This research was supported by a Math/Science research grant from Abilene Christian University. We thank the staff of the Quimsacocha National Recreation Area for their kind support and help trapping in the field. This field trip was conducted under the legal authorization of the Ministerio del Ambiente del Ecuador. We thank Jonathan Jasper for help with the figures and proofreading.
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| Abilene Christian University |
Keywords
- High Andean paramo
- Mammal survey
- Polylepis forests