Distribution and habitat use patterns of the endangered Central American clouded oncilla (Leopardus pardinoides oncilla) in Costa Rica

• José D. Ramírez-Fernández ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: José D. Ramírez-Fernández, Lester A. Fox-Rosales

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: josed-rf@hotmail.com

  Current address: OneHealth Costa Rica Alliance, San José, Costa Rica

  Affiliations Oncilla Conservation, Costa Rica Wildlife Foundation, Montes de Oca, San José, Costa Rica, Tiger Cats Conservation Initiative, São Luís, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1050-5849

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• Lester A. Fox-Rosales ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: José D. Ramírez-Fernández, Lester A. Fox-Rosales

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Tiger Cats Conservation Initiative, São Luís, Brazil, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual do Maranhão, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil

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• Michael S. Mooring,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, California, United States of America, Quetzal Education & Research Center, San Gerardo de Dota, San José, Costa Rica

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5678-7995

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• Juan Carlos Delgado-Carazo,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Current address: OneHealth Costa Rica Alliance, San José, Costa Rica

  Affiliations Oncilla Conservation, Costa Rica Wildlife Foundation, Montes de Oca, San José, Costa Rica, Tiger Cats Conservation Initiative, São Luís, Brazil, Laboratorio de Genética de la Conservación, Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica, Centro de Investigación en Biología Celular y Molecular, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

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• Steven R. Blankenship,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Jennifer R. Powell,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0848-3364

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• Yoryineth Méndez,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Program, Tropical Science Center, Monteverde, Puntarenas, Costa Rica

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• Angie Acevedo-Loría,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Research Program, Tropical Science Center, Monteverde, Puntarenas, Costa Rica

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• Esteban Brenes-Mora,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Re:Wild, Austin, Texas, United States of America

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• James G. Sanderson,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Re:Wild, Austin, Texas, United States of America, Small Wild Cat Conservation Foundation, Corrales, Nuevo México, United States of America

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• Tadeu G. de Oliveira

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Tiger Cats Conservation Initiative, São Luís, Brazil, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual do Maranhão, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil, Instituto Pro-Carnívoros, Atibaia, São Paulo, Brazil

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