Roadway mortality of mammals on the El Escobero road, Envigado (Antioquia), Colombia
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Andes, roadkills, Colombia, Valle de Aburrá, mammalsAbstract
Vertebrate roadkills is a generalized problem around the world but scarcely documented on Colombian roads. Here it is described roadway mortality of mammals in a six year-period (2000-2006) on the El Escobero road (Envigado, Antioquia). Mammal groups that presented the greatest frequencies of road mortality were marsupials (34.6%), rodents (34.5%) and carnivores (20.6%). It is suggested an evaluation of wildlife mortality on Colombian roads. Additionally environmental authorities are motived to carry out: i) educational programs about the unknown local fauna; and ii) place signposts along the El Escobero road to notify drivers of the presence of wild fauna.
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