Natural Habitat, Housing, and Restraint of Six Selected Neotropical Animals in Trinidad and Tobago with the Potential for Domestication

This paper highlights the natural habitat, housing, and restraint needs of 6 Neotropical animals that are found in Trinidad and Tobago with the potential for domestication: agouti (Dasyprocta leporina), lappe/paca (Cuniculus paca/Agouti paca), capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), manicou/opossum (Didelphis marsupialis insularis), collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu/Pecari tajacu), and red brocket deer (Mazama americana). The year of the earliest reference cited was 1950 and the most recent was 2018, with over 100 references being used. The average density, home range size, social group, and housing requirements were also examined as these factors would play a role in designing enclosures. A number of different physical and chemical restraint techniques were also discussed. Information from other species within the same genus was incorporated as some of the animals did not have sufficient literature.

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Infectious Diseases of Six Non-Domesticated Neo-Tropical Animals In Trinidad and Tobago

The International Journal of Tropical Veterinary and Biomedical Research ◽

10.21157/ijtvbr.v3i2.12332 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 1-31 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Kavita Ranjeeta Lall ◽

Kegan Romelle Jones ◽

Gary Wayne Garcia

Keyword(s):

Infectious Diseases ◽

Trinidad And Tobago ◽

Review Paper ◽

Clinical Signs ◽

Diagnostic Tools ◽

Hydrochoerus Hydrochaeris ◽

Collared Peccary ◽

Geographic Regions ◽

Shed Light ◽

Brocket Deer

This review serves to shed light on some common infectious diseases: their names, prevalence, site of infection and diagnostic tools for identificationof six (6) neo-tropical animals that are found in Trinidad and Tobago with the potential for domestication. These are theagouti(Dasyprocta leporina/ D. agouti), lappe/paca (Cuniculus paca/ Agouti paca), capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), manicou/opossum (Didelphis marsupialis insularis), collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu/ Peccari tajucu) and red brocket deer (Mazama americana).There is over Ninety (90) references were used, with the earliest being 1951 and the most recent being in 2017.Where literature was lacking, information from other species within the same genus was incorporated and identified clearly. It was interesting to note that the majority of animals, despite being infected with pathogenic organisms were clinically healthy. In animals that showed clinical signs of disease there was a large quantity of pathogens present. This manuscript sheds some light on the pathogens that may use these animals as natural reservoirs. This review paper also includes many of the earliest identification of these pathogens in Neo-tropical animals in specific geographic regions.

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Habitat use, activity patterns and use of mineral licks by five species of ungulate in south-eastern Peru

Journal of Tropical Ecology ◽

10.1017/s0266467409005896 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 25 (3) ◽

pp. 261-270 ◽

Cited By ~ 102

Author(s):

Mathias W. Tobler ◽

Samia E. Carrillo-Percastegui ◽

George Powell

Keyword(s):

Habitat Use ◽

Activity Patterns ◽

Camera Traps ◽

Small Scale ◽

Lowland Rain Forest ◽

Pecari Tajacu ◽

Mineral Licks ◽

Collared Peccary ◽

Using Data ◽

Brocket Deer

Abstract:We studied the habitat use, activity patterns and use of mineral licks by five species of Amazonian ungulate using data from four 60-d camera trap surveys at two different sites in the lowland rain forest of Madre de Dios, Peru. Camera traps were set out in two regular grids with 40 and 43 camera stations covering an area of 50 and 65 km2, as well as at five mineral licks. Using occupancy analysis we tested the hypothesis that species are spatially separated. The results showed that the grey brocket deer (Mazama gouazoubira) occurred almost exclusively in terra firme forests, and that the white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari) used floodplain forest more frequently during some surveys. All other species showed no habitat preference and we did not find any spatial avoidance of species. The white-lipped peccary, the collared peccary (Pecari tajacu) as well as the grey brocket deer were strictly diurnal while the lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris) was nocturnal. The red brocket deer (Mazama americana) was active day and night. The tapir was the species with the highest number of visits to mineral licks (average 52.8 visits per 100 d) followed by the white-lipped peccary (average 16.1 visits per 100 d) and the red brocket deer (average 17.1 visits per 100 d). The collared peccary was only recorded on three occasions and the grey brocket deer was never seen at a lick. Our results suggest that resource partitioning takes place mainly at the diet level and less at a spatial level; however, differences in small-scale habitat use are still possible.

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Endoparasites of Selected Native Non-Domesticated Mammals in the Neotropics (New World Tropics)

Veterinary Sciences ◽

10.3390/vetsci6040087 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 87 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Kegan Romelle Jones ◽

Kavita Ranjeeta Lall ◽

Gary Wayne Garcia

Keyword(s):

New World ◽

Large Majority ◽

Cryptosporidium Spp ◽

Hydrochoerus Hydrochaeris ◽

Eimeria Spp ◽

Collared Peccary ◽

Tayassu Tajacu ◽

Brocket Deer ◽

Mazama Americana

In this review, information was summarized on endoparasites found in six non-domesticated neotropical animals. These mammals have the potential to be domesticated. The animals included three rodents, agouti (Dasyprocta leporina), lappe (Agouti paca), and capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris); a marsupial, manicou (Didelphis marsupialis insularis); and an artiodactyl, the collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu/Peccari tajacu) and a ruminant (the red brocket deer, Mazama americana). While there are many descriptions of the parasites present, the majority of publications failed to note the effect of them on the animals. Most information is available on endoparasites of capybara, while the endoparasites of the red brocket deer were the least reported. The manicou was reported to have had the most number of endoparasites, 44 species of parasites were reported, while there were only 24 endoparasites reported in the lappe. The most common parasites found in these neotropical animals were Paraspidodera uncinata, Strongyloides spp., Eimeria spp., Moniezia benedeni, Trichuris spp., Physocephalus spp., and Giardia spp. A large majority of the studies concluded that these animals were reservoirs for parasites that could affect domesticated livestock. Endoparasites of zoonotic significance were Echinoccocus spp., Trichuris spp., Giardia spp., and Cryptosporidium spp.

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The Collared Peccary/Javelina/Sajino/Poco de Monte/Wild Hog/Pakira/Patira/Taitetu/Catete/Catto/Quenk[Tayassu tajacu, Pecari tajacu]Booklet and Producers' ManualThe Collared Peccary/Javelina/Sajino/Poco de Monte/Wild Hog/Pakira/Patira/Taitetu/Catete/Catto/Quenk[Tayassu tajacu, Pecari tajacu]Booklet and Producers' Manual. Gary Wayne Garcia , Gail G. Young , Kirk M. Amour , Desmond James , Cicero H. O. Lallo , William Mollineau , Anil Roopchand , Nirmala Ganessingh , Michelle Spencer , Marvin A. Prosper , Raajesh Rooplal , Nadra Nathai-Gyan , Arnaud Steil , Alain Xande , Anouk Bemelmans , Sérgio Gamma Nogueira Filho , Diva Guimaraes , Hugo Gálvez , and Pedro Mayor Aparicio . 2005. Wildlife Farmers' and Producers' Booklet # 2, Department of Food Production, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I. ISBN 976-95123-1-1. Paperback. 238 pp.

Caribbean Journal of Science ◽

10.18475/cjos.v44i2.a20 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 44 (2) ◽

pp. 272-272

Author(s):

David W. Steadman

Keyword(s):

Trinidad And Tobago ◽

West Indies ◽

Food Production ◽

The West ◽

Pecari Tajacu ◽

Collared Peccary ◽

Tayassu Tajacu ◽

The University

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Acute Cecal Tympany During Chemical Restraint in Free-Ranging Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) - Iatrogenic Cause and Treatment

Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Pathology ◽

10.24070/bjvp.1983-0246.v12i3p117-122 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 117-122

Author(s):

Derek Rosenfield ◽

Mario Ferraro ◽

Priscila Yanai ◽

Claudia Igayara ◽

Cristiane Pizzutto

Keyword(s):

Chemical Restraint ◽

Hydrochoerus Hydrochaeris ◽

Free Ranging

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A stranger in the family? On the social behavior of a leucistic collared peccary (Pecari tajacu) with pigmented conspecifics

Tropical Ecology ◽

10.1007/s42965-019-00036-x ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 60 (2) ◽

pp. 303-305

Author(s):

Valdir Leite da Silva ◽

José Cândido ◽

José Nelson Campanha ◽

Doraci R. de Oliveira ◽

Carla Gheler-Costa ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Social Behavior ◽

The Social ◽

The Family ◽

Pecari Tajacu ◽

Collared Peccary

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Is urban bushmeat trade in Colombia really insignificant?

Oryx ◽

10.1017/s0030605315001118 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 51 (2) ◽

pp. 305-314 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Nathalie van Vliet ◽

Maria Quiceno ◽

Jessica Moreno ◽

Daniel Cruz ◽

John E. Fa ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Urban Areas ◽

Amazon Basin ◽

Sustainable Use ◽

The Pacific ◽

Hydrochoerus Hydrochaeris ◽

Wild Meat ◽

The Caribbean ◽

Alternative Sources ◽

Bushmeat Trade ◽

Brocket Deer

AbstractThe bushmeat trade in ecosystems in South America other than those within the Amazon basin is presumed to be insignificant, as alternative sources of protein (e.g. beef, chicken, fish) are considered to be more readily available in non-moist forests. However, studies and confiscation reports from countries such as Colombia suggest that bushmeat is consumed in a variety of ecosystems, although the nature of market chains, particularly in urban areas, is still unknown. We studied the urban bushmeat trade in markets in the five main ecoregions in Colombia. We recorded a total of 85 species, the most frequently traded being the paca Cuniculus paca, red brocket deer Mazama americana, grey brocket deer Mazama gouazoubira, capybara Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, armadillo Dasypus spp. and black agouti Dasyprocta fuliginosa. Most sales of wild meat occur through clandestine channels and involve a limited number of stakeholders. Bushmeat is a luxury product in urban areas of the Caribbean, the Pacific and the Andean regions. Further work is needed to quantify and monitor the volumes of bushmeat traded, comprehend motivations, explore ways of reducing threats, and engage with stakeholders to organize legal and sustainable use of bushmeat.

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