Mastofauna of the Bosque Protector Cerro Blanco during the dry season

Study Extent

4 study areas in the Cerro Blanco BP

Sampling

Mist nets
For the capture of flying micromammals, 10 mist nets of 12m by 3m were used, located every 20 m in an approximate transect of 200 m (Rizo, 2015). Sampling will be carried out during eight nights, from 18h00 to 23h00 (eight days/five hours/ten nets), achieving a total sampling effort of 1600 hours/net for the 4 sub-areas of study. Nets will be checked in time periods of 15 to 30 minutes depending on capture intensity.
Sherman traps
Traps were placed along a 450 m linear transect, with trapping stations every ten metres. The first station starts with four Sherman traps and the next station with a single Tomahawk trap. The process is repeated until a total of 45 stations (80 Sherman and 20 Tomahawk) are completed. Each trap should be baited, which consisted of a mixture of: peanut butter, tuna, vanilla essence and oat flakes. The baits should be changed every three days (Peru. Ministerio del Ambiente, 2015). The traps were checked every 24h for 8 days.

Method steps

1. Observation traps, sherman and tomahawk traps, and mist nets.

N/A

1. Phyllostomidae
   rank: family
2. Didelphimorphia
   rank: order
3. Rodentia
   rank: order
4. Procyonidae
   rank: family
5. Didelphidae
   rank: family
6. Carnivora
   rank: order
7. Sciuridae
   rank: family
8. Chiroptera
   rank: order
9. Lagomorpha
   rank: order
10. Leporidae
    rank: family
11. Cricetidae
    rank: family
12. Vespertilionidae
    rank: family
13. Atelidae
    rank: family
14. Mammalia
    rank: class
15. Dasyproctidae
    rank: family
16. Animalia
    rank: kingdom
17. Primates
    rank: order

Bosque Protector Cerro Blanco