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Vultures and others scavenger vertebrates associated with man-sized pig carcasses: a perspective in Forensic Taphonomy
Demo, Caroline; Rogério Cansi, Edison; Kosmann, Cecília; Roberto Pujol-Luz, José.
Afiliação
  • Demo, Caroline; Universidade de Brasília Departamento de Zoologia Núcleo de Entomologia Forense.
  • Rogério Cansi, Edison; Universidade de Brasília Departamento de Zoologia Núcleo de Entomologia Forense.
  • Kosmann, Cecília; Universidade de Brasília Departamento de Zoologia Núcleo de Entomologia Forense.
  • Roberto Pujol-Luz, José; Universidade de Brasília Departamento de Zoologia Núcleo de Entomologia Forense.
Article em En | LILACS-Express | VETINDEX | ID: biblio-1504200
Biblioteca responsável: BR68.1
ABSTRACT
The activity of vertebrates that feed on corpses can modify the chronology of the decomposition process and interfere with postmortem interval estimates. Further, by destroying the soft parts of the cadaver, scattering, burying or causing the disappearance of bones, it can entirely change the crime scene. In this study, we simulated a clandestine cemetery in an area of Cerrado located inside a farm in Brasília, Distrito Federal. Three domestic pigs of the size of a human of about 60 kg were placed on the ground in different periods of 2010 and 2011. We recorded four species of birds and one of mammal eating the carcasses 1) Cathartidae Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1973), Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758), Sarcoramphus papa (Linnaeus, 1758); 2) Falconidae Caracara plancus (Miller, 1777); and 3) Felidae Leopardus pardalis (Lund, 1840). The behavior of these animals interfered in the decomposition process and resulted in the dispersion and loss of bony parts.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: VETINDEX Idioma: En Revista: Zoologia (Curitiba) / Zoologia (Curitiba, Impr.) Ano de publicação: 2013 Tipo de documento: Article
Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: VETINDEX Idioma: En Revista: Zoologia (Curitiba) / Zoologia (Curitiba, Impr.) Ano de publicação: 2013 Tipo de documento: Article