| [parasites of the central american tapir tapirus bairdii (perissodactyla: tapiridae) in chiapas, mexico]. | we analyzed 19 samples of baird's tapir feces from la sepultura biosphere reserve, collected between march and july 1999. we also took samples directly from a male tapir captured at the montes azules biosphere reserve. both reserves are in chiapas, mexico. we used five techniques: flotation, macmaster, micrometric, ritchie's sedimentation and ferreira's quantitative. in addition, we collected ectoparasites from animals captured in both reserves and from a captive couple from tuxtla gutierrez, ch ... | 2006 | 18494314 |
| [relative abundance, population structure, habitat preferences and activity patterns of tapirus bairdii (perissodactyla: tapiridae), in chimalapas forest, oaxaca, mexico]. | baird's tapir (tapirus bairdii) is endangered primarily because of habitat loss and fragmentation, and overhunting throughout its distribution range. one of the priority land areas for the conservation of this species is the northern part of its range in the chimalapas forest, oaxaca. the aim of this research was to determine the relative abundance, population struc- ture, habitat preferences and activity patterns of baird's tapir (tapirus bairdii) in the chimalapas forest, oaxaca, mexico, throu ... | 2014 | 25720176 |