| dirofilaria cancrivori sp. n. (nematoda: filarioidea from the crabdog, procyon cancrivorus, in guyana. | dirofilaria cancrivori sp. n. is described from subcutaneous tissues of the crabdog, procyon cancrivorus, in guyana, south america. the filarid is morphologically distinct from dirofilaria tenuis, parasite of a related host, the raccoon, in the southern united states, and all other species of dirofilaria. the parasite can be distinguished from other dirofilarias based on a combination of morphological features including its size, number, and arrangement of caudal papillae on the male tail, size ... | 1978 | 627950 |
| ticks (acari: ixodida) on wild carnivores in brazil. | the present study reports field data of ticks infesting wild carnivores captured from july 1998 to september 2004 in brazil. additional data were obtained from one tick collection and from previous published data of ticks on carnivores in brazil. during field work, a total of 3437 ticks were collected from 89 cerdocyon thous (crab-eating fox), 58 chrysocyon brachyurus (maned wolf), 30 puma concolor (puma), 26 panthera onca (jaguar), 12 procyon cancrivorus (crab-eating raccoon), 4 speothos venati ... | 2005 | 16082932 |
| morphological and morphometrical characterization of gametocytes of hepatozoon procyonis richards, 1961 (protista, apicomplexa) from a brazilian wild procionid nasua nasua and procyon cancrivorus (carnivora, procyonidae). | the species hepatozoon procyonis richards, 1961 was described in procyon lotor in the usa and then in other reports in the usa, while in panama h. procyonis has been described in procyon cancrivorus. the objective of this paper is to report the occurrence of this species in the brazilian procionids p. cancrivorus and nasua nausa and to describe the morphology and morphometrics of the gametocytes. the analysis was based on blood smears, stained with giemsa, which were examined under a photonic mi ... | 2007 | 16941187 |
| molecular detection of paracoccidioides brasiliensis in road-killed wild animals. | paracoccidioides brasiliensis infections have been little studied in wild and/or domestic animals, which may represent an important indicator of the presence of the pathogen in nature. road-killed wild animals have been used for surveillance of vectors of zoonotic pathogens and may offer new opportunities for eco-epidemiological studies of paracoccidiodomycosis (pcm). the presence of p. brasiliensis infection was evaluated by nested-pcr in tissue samples collected from 19 road-killed animals; 3 ... | 2008 | 17885959 |
| normal aerobic bacterial conjunctival flora in the crab-eating raccoon (procyon cancrivorus) and coati (nasua nasua) housed in captivity in pernambuco and paraiba (northeast, brazil). | to determine the normal aerobic bacterial conjunctival population of the coatis and the crab-eating raccoons housed in captivity in the pernambuco and paraiba states of brazil. | 2010 | 20840103 |
| molecular and serological detection of leishmania spp. in captive wild animals from ilha solteira, sp, brazil. | leishmaniasis is a zoonotic disease that affects 12 million people worldwide. several mammalian species can serve as a reservoir for this disease. dogs are the main reservoir for visceral leishmaniasis in urban areas, which has become a serious public health concern in brazil. the aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of leishmania spp. in captive wild animals from ilha solteira, são paulo, brazil. blood and various tissues samples were collected from animals of five different species: ... | 2011 | 21961752 |
| serologic survey of brucellosis in captive neotropical wild carnivores in northeast brazil. | abstract. this study reports the detection of antibodies against brucella abortus and b. canis in wild neotropical carnivores kept in captivity in three zoos in northeastern brazil. a total of 42 serum samples were examined, 17 from coatis (nasua nasua), eight from crab-eating raccoons (procyon cancrivorus), three from crab-eating foxes (cerdocyon thous), three from hoary foxes (lycalopex vetulus), two from little spotted cats (leopardus tigrinus), five from tayras (eira barbara), two from great ... | 2012 | 22779245 |
| serologic evidence of canine parvovirus in domestic dogs, wild carnivores, and marsupials in the argentinean chaco. | the transmission of pathogens between domestic dogs and generalist wildlife species may be modified by environmental degradation, biodiversity losses, host densities, and increased contact rates in remnant forest patches. a serologic survey of canine parvovirus (cpv) in rural domestic dogs and wild mammals was conducted in two neighboring rural areas (disturbed and protected) from pampa del indio, northeastern argentina, between 2008 and 2011. a total of 174 domestic dogs and 26 wild mammals-4 c ... | 2014 | 25314822 |
| molecular detection of leishmania spp. in road-killed wild mammals in the central western area of the state of são paulo, brazil. | road-killed wild animals have been classified as sentinels for detecting such zoonotic pathogens as leishmania spp., offering new opportunities for epidemiological studies of this infection. | 2014 | 24963288 |
| genotyping of toxoplasma gondii and sarcocystis spp. in road-killed wild mammals from the central western region of the state of são paulo, brazil. | road-killed wild animals host zoonotic pathogens such as toxoplasma gondii, offering a new opportunity for the epidemiological study of these infectious organisms. | 2016 | 27812655 |
| trypanosoma cruzi infection in neotropical wild carnivores (mammalia: carnivora): at the top of the t. cruzi transmission chain. | little is known on the role played by neotropical wild carnivores in the trypanosoma cruzi transmission cycles. we investigated t. cruzi infection in wild carnivores from three sites in brazil through parasitological and serological tests. the seven carnivore species examined were infected by t. cruzi, but high parasitemias detectable by hemoculture were found only in two procyonidae species. genotyping by mini-exon gene, pcr-rflp (1f8/akw21i) and kdna genomic targets revealed that the raccoon ( ... | 2013 | 23861767 |
| the sylvatic transmission cycle of trypanosoma cruzi in a rural area in the humid chaco of argentina. | little is known about the sylvatic transmission cycle of trypanosoma cruzi in the gran chaco ecoregion. we conducted surveys to identify the main sylvatic hosts of t. cruzi, parasite discrete typing units and vector species involved in pampa del indio, a rural area in the humid argentinean chaco. a total of 44 mammals from 14 species were captured and examined for infection by xenodiagnosis and polymerase chain reaction amplification of the hyper-variable region of kinetoplast dna minicircles of ... | 2012 | 22771688 |
| niche partitioning among mesocarnivores in a brazilian wetland. | we investigated the home range size, habitat selection, as well as the spatial and activity overlap, of four mid-sized carnivore species in the central pantanal, mato grosso do sul, brazil. from december 2005 to september 2008, seven crab-eating foxes cerdocyon thous, seven brown-nosed coatis nasua nasua, and six ocelots leopardus pardalis were radio-collared and monitored. camera trap data on these species were also collected for the crab-eating raccoon procyon cancrivorus. we hypothesized that ... | 2017 | 27685854 |
| late pleistocene carnivores (carnivora: mammalia) from a cave sedimentary deposit in northern brazil. | the brazilian quaternary terrestrial carnivora are represented by the following families: canidae, felidae, ursidae, procyonidae mephitidae and mustelidae. their recent evolutionary history in south america is associated with the uplift of the panamanian isthmus, and which enabled the great american biotic interchange (gabi). here we present new fossil records of carnivora found in a cave in aurora do tocantins, tocantins, northern brazil. a stratigraphical controlled collection in the sedimenta ... | 2014 | 25590705 |
| late pleistocene carnivores (carnivora: mammalia) from a cave sedimentary deposit in northern brazil. | the brazilian quaternary terrestrial carnivora are represented by the following families: canidae, felidae, ursidae, procyonidae mephitidae and mustelidae. their recent evolutionary history in south america is associated with the uplift of the panamanian isthmus, and which enabled the great american biotic interchange (gabi). here we present new fossil records of carnivora found in a cave in aurora do tocantins, tocantins, northern brazil. a stratigraphical controlled collection in the sedimenta ... | 2014 | 25424041 |
| ascaridoid nematodes of south american mammals, with a definition of a new genus. | ascaridoid nematodes occurring in south american mammals are divided into categories based on their possible origin. the affinities are discussed of five species so far known only from the neotropical region. toxocara alienata (rudolphi 1819) is reported from nasua rufa socialis, procyon cancrivorus, and tayassus torquatus. the specimens from t. torquatus are described and found most closely to resemble toxocara mackerrasae from south-east asian and austrialian rodents. anisakis insignis from in ... | 1982 | 6757321 |
| crab-eating raccoon, procyon cancrivorus nigripes (mivart 1885) (carnivora: procyonidae) naturally infected with schistosoma mansoni in minas gerais state, brazil. | | 1976 | 978364 |
| atlantic-camtraps: a dataset of medium and large terrestrial mammal communities in the atlantic forest of south america. | our understanding of mammal ecology has always been hindered by the difficulties of observing species in closed tropical forests. camera trapping has become a major advance for monitoring terrestrial mammals in biodiversity rich ecosystems. here we compiled one of the largest datasets of inventories of terrestrial mammal communities for the neotropical region based on camera trapping studies. the dataset comprises 170 surveys of medium to large terrestrial mammals using camera traps conducted in ... | 2017 | 28857166 |
| elliptical fourier descriptors of outline and morphological analysis in caudal view of foramen magnum of the tropical raccoon (procyon cancrivorus) (linnaeus, 1758). | to evaluate sexual-size dimorphism and attempt at categorization of inter-individual shapes of foramen magnum outlines using fourier descriptors which allow for shape outline evaluations with a resultant specimen character definition. | 2018 | 29519615 |
| molecular evidence of babesia species in procyon cancrivorus (carnivora, procyonidae) in uruguay. | the crab-eating raccoon (procyon cancrivorus) is a carnivore widely distributed from southern central america to all south american countries except chile. in the southern cone of america, p. cancrivorus has been found parasitized by several amblyomma spp. particularly, in uruguay, a. aureolatum is the only tick found in this wild carnivore. piroplasmid hemoparasites were found in procyon lotor from north america and japan. in this work, molecular evidence babesia sp. dna was found in blood and ... | 2018 | 31014881 |
| comparative osteology and functional morphology of the forelimb of cyonasua (mammalia, procyonidae), the first south american carnivoran. | extant procyonids only inhabit the americas and are represented by six genera (procyon, nasua, nasuella, bassaricyon, potos, and bassariscus); all of them, except bassariscus, are present in south america. the first records correspond to the early miocene in north america (na) and the late miocene in south america (sa). cyonasua was the first carnivoran to enter sa from na, before the great american biotic interchange, and went extinct in the early middle pleistocene. this extinct procyonid is r ... | 2019 | 30747454 |
| notes on the limb myology of procyon cancrivorus and of the ursidoe. | | 1888 | 17231776 |
| occurrence of chandleronema longigutturata (nematoda: acuariidae) in procyon cancrivorus in the neotropical region. | procyon cancrivorus is a wild animal that is found from central america to uruguay and northeastern argentina. it is one of the least studied carnivore species in brazil. for the purpose of identifying helminths that parasitize p. cancrivorus, individuals of this species that had been run over and killed by motor vehicles were collected from highways in the southern part of the state of rio grande do sul. at necropsy, their organs, along with organ contents and mucous membranes, were examined fo ... | 2017 | 25909263 |