Check List 20(3): 828-832, doi: 10.15560/20.3.828

First record of Neogale africana (Desmarest, 1818), Amazon Weasel (Carnivora, Mustelidae), in Bolivia

Nuria Bernal-Hoverud^‡§, Daniela Morales-Moreno^‡, Eyner Eugenio Quispe^|, Jorge Rojas^‡, Omar Torrico^‡, Robert B. Wallace^‡, Jorge Salazar-Bravo^¶#§

‡ Wildlife Conservation Society, La Paz, Bolivia§ Texas Tech University, Lubbock, United States of America| Asociación de Productores de Café Ecológico Regional Larecaja, La Paz, Bolivia¶ Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Bolivia, La Paz, Bolivia# Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia

Corresponding author: Jorge Salazar-Bravo ( j.salazar-bravo@ttu.edu )

Academic editor: Gisela Sobral

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Citation: Bernal-Hoverud N, Morales-Moreno D, Quispe EE, Rojas J, Torrico O, Wallace RB, Salazar-Bravo J (2024) First record of Neogale africana (Desmarest, 1818), Amazon Weasel (Carnivora, Mustelidae), in Bolivia. Check List 20(3): 828-832. https://doi.org/10.15560/20.3.828

Abstract

Neogale africana (Desmarest, 1818), Amazon Weasel, is a poorly known South American carnivore, with records from north-central Brazil to Ecuador and south to central Peru and central Brazil. Based on two videographic records, we report the presence of this species in Bolivia and document a new elevational record. Furthermore, our new record extends the species’ distribution by 900 km from the nearest locality in Peru, and by 1500 km from the nearest Brazilian locality. Current gaps in its distribution are attributable to the low detectability and rarity of this mustelid.

Keywords

Detectability, small carnivores, Wallacean shortfall, Yungas