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Map showing the location of the Estação Ecológica do Panga and the different vegetation physiognomies present in the reserve in 2005 (see Cardoso et al. 2009 for additioanal details on vegetation classification).

Map showing the location of the Estação Ecológica do Panga and the different vegetation physiognomies present in the reserve in 2005 (see Cardoso et al. 2009 for additioanal details on vegetation classification).

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We present a species list of the mammals of the Estação Ecológica do Panga, a 404 ha Cerrado reserve in MinasGerais state, Brazil. Using methods ranging from camera traps to direct observations, we documented 46 species in thereserve. Among medium and large-sized mammals, the order Carnivora was the most commonly observed (N=12 species).The highest...

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... we report on the mammal fauna of the Estação Ecológica do Panga (404 ha) one of the few protected areas in the Triângulo Mineiro region in Minas Gerais state, Brazil (Figure 1). The objectives of our study were to generate a species list of the mammals occurring in the Abstract: We present a species list of the mammals of the Estação Ecológica do Panga, a 404 ha Cerrado reserve in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. ...

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