First inventory of small non-flying mammals of the Cueva de los Guacharos National Natural Park (Huila, Colombia)

Abstract

The study was conducted from February to July of 2014. We sampled for SNFM within the PNNCG using linear transects between 1800 and 2100 masl; on each linear transect we placed 100 Sherman traps and 3 pit fall traps. Each transect was surveyed for 10 consecutive nights in five different locations: mixed primary forest, mixed secondary forest, oaks forest, guacharos cave and the visitor center; each location was surveyed in three independent times, reaching a total of 150 sampling nights and an effort of 15.000 trap-nights. All individuals were measured and collected up to a series of 4 individuals for each species for posterior identification; individuals captured but not collected were marked and released.