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Miotto, R.A.; Ciocheti, G.; Rodrigues, F.P.; Galetti, J.P.M.
Identification of pumas through faeces: a comparison between morphological and molecular methods
2007 Brazilian Journal of Biology (67): 963-965
Complementary methods for faecal identification are important tools in works based on this kind of material. We compared two methods to identify the species to which sample faeces collected in field belong: analysis of faecal DNA and analysis of guard hairs contained in the faeces. As part of a self-cleaning behavior, felines often extract their own hairs with the tongue and swallow them (personal observation). Once isolated from faeces, guard hair analysis represents an alternative to identify the species that originally deposited faecal samples.
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