On the practice of toe clipping for small mammal studies in Brazil

Mariana Silva Ferreira

PhD in Ecolgy

Published Dec 24, 2015

On November 8th, 2012, the Brazilian Ministry of Environment (MMA), through The Chico Mendes Insti- tute of Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio/MMA), issued the Circular Letter no. 01/2012/COINF/CGPEQ /DIBIO, regarding toe clipping as a method of individual iden- tification for studying small mammals, and requested expert opinion on the subject. We provide below the response we submitted to the Ministry, which is the official position of the Brazilian Society of Mammalogists (SBMz) on the subject.

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