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Reintroducción del hormiguero gigante (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) en la Reserva Natural Iberá (Argentina): ¿misión cumplida?
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Pérez, Ignacio Jiménez Delgado, Alicia Valero Blanco, Yamil Edgardo Di Abuin, Rafael Gómez, Berta Antúnez Galetto, Emanuel Masat, Marianella Peña, Jorge E. Pernigotti, Rut Pontón, Federico Solís, Gustavo Spørring, Karina L. Heinonen, S. |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | We present the main results from eight years of reintroductions of giant anteaters into Iberá Nature Reserve (Corrientes, Argentina). The project has handled 79 individuals, 75 of which came from the Dry Chaco Ecoregion, and four animals were from neighboring Yungas and Wet Chaco ecoregions. 73% of the animals were wild-born orphan cubs, 13% were captive adults, 2% adults translocated from the wild, 10% injured free-ranging adults, and one animal was captive-born. We tested for seven possible pathogens during the quarantine phase. Overall, 27% of the tested animals had antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii and 4% for Leptospira interrogans, while DNA of canine distemper virus was found in 25% of the tested animals. Reintroduced anteaters were fitted with VHF transmitters and then monitored with this method or camera traps. Out of 47 released animals, 11 have died, ten females have given birth to 29 cubs, and we estimate that there are currently 29 to 46 animals in the first population and 18 in the second one. Since the animals started breeding there have been four years with more births than deaths, and one where mortality surpassed the reproductive rate. This project fulfils a double role of ecological restoration and animal welfare. Even though releases and monitoring will be sustained for several more years, present data suggest that this previously extirpated mammal has been successfully re-established in Iberá Nature Reserve. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.proyectoibera.org/download/osohormiguero/Reintroduccion_Oso_Hormiguero_Mision_Cumplida.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.xenarthrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Jim%C3%A9nez-P%C3%A9rez-et-al_Reintroducci%C3%B3n-del-hormiguero-gigante-Myrmecophaga-tridactyla-en-la-Reserva-Natural-Iber%C3%A1-Argentina-%C2%BFmisi%C3%B3n-cumplida%EF%80%A5.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
