Riqueza y la abundancia de mamíferos medianos de la reserva biológica Tirimbina, Costa Rica
Keywords:
Conservation, Costa Rica, Habitat fragmentation, Raccoon, TrapsAbstract
Costa Rica is a country whose geographical location plays an important role as a filter for species from North y South-America resulting in the establishment a great diversity of species. In Costa Rica there have been registered a total of 245 species of mammals of the 4,381 registered worldwide, having the 5.6% of global diversity. From the 245 species, only 48 species are considered as medium-sized mammals. In this study we evaluated the richness and the abundance of medium-sized mammals of the Tirimbina Biological Reserve through trapping, making diurnal and nocturnal walks and looking for footprints. There was a richness of 17 species of medium-sized mammals, where the most abundant species were raccoons (Procyon lotor) y opossums (Didelphis marsupialis).Key words: Conservation, Costa Rica, Habitat fragmentation, Raccoon, Traps.References
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