1. MAMMALS IN PORTUGAL : A data set of terrestrial, volant, and marine mammal occurrences in P ortugal
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Grilo, Clara, Afonso, Beatriz C., Afonso, Filipe, Alexandre, Marta, Aliácar, Sara, Almeida, Ana, Alonso, Ivan Prego, Álvares, Francisco, Alves, Paulo, Alves, Paulo Célio, Alves, Pedro, Duarte, Beatriz, Duro, Virginia, Encarnação, Cláudia, Eufrázio, Sofia, Fael, António, Falé, João Salvador, Faria, Sandra, Fernandes, C, Fernandes, Margarida, Lopes, Susana, Rosalino, L. M., Costa, Gonçalo Ferrão, Ferreira, Clara, Ferreira, Diogo F., Ferreira, Eduardo, Ferreira, Joaquim Pedro, Ferreira, João, Ferreira, Diana, Fonseca, Carlos, Fontes, Inês, Fragoso, Ricardo, Rosário, Inês T., López-Baucells, Adrià, Franco, Claudia, Freitas, Tamira, Gabriel, Sofia I., Gibb, Rory, Gil, Patricia, Gomes, Carla Patricia Jorge, Horta, Pedro, Gomes, Pedro, Gomes, Verónica, Rossa, Mariana, Grilo, Ana Filipa, Amado, Anabela, Guedes, Américo, Guilherme, Filipa, Gutiérrez, Iván, Harper, Henry, Herrera, José M., Hipólito, Dário, Infante, Samuel, Jesus, José, Russo, Danilo, Loureiro, Armando, Loureiro, Filipa, Lourenço, Rui, Lourenço, Sofia, Lucas, Paula, Magalhães, Ana, Maldonado, Cristina, Marcolin, Fabio, Marques, Sara, Marques, J. Tiago, Sá, Pedro, Amendoeira, Vitor, Marques, Carina, Marques, Paulo, Marrecas, Pedro Caetano, Martins, Frederico, Martins, Raquel, Mascarenhas, Miguel, Mata, Vanessa A., Mateus, Ana Rita, Matos, Milene, Sabino‐Marques, Helena, Medinas, Denis, Amorim, Francisco, Mendes, Tiago, Mendes, Gabriel, Mestre, Frederico, Milhinhas, Catarina, Mira, António, Monarca, Rita I., Monteiro, Norberto, Monteiro, Barbara, Salgueiro, Vânia, Monterroso, Pedro, Nakamura, Mónia, Silva Aparício, Guilherme, Negrões, Nuno, Nóbrega, Eva K., Nóvoa, Miguel, Nunes, Manuel, Nunes, Nuno Jardim, Oliveira, Flávio, Oliveira, José Miguel, Santos, Helena, M. Palmeirim, Jorge, Pargana, João, Paula, Anabela, Araújo, Ricardo, Paupério, Joana, Pedroso, Nuno M., Pereira, Guilherme, Pereira, Pedro F., Pereira, José, Pereira, Maria João Ramos, Santos, Joana, Petrucci-Fonseca, Francisco, Pimenta, Miguel, Pinto, Sara, Pinto, Nuno, Ascensão, Fernando, Pires, Rosa, Pita, Ricardo, Pontes, Carlos, Quaresma, Marisa, Queirós, João, Barbosa, A. Márcia, Queirós, Luís, Rainho, Ana, Graça Ramalhinho, Maria, Ramalho, Patrícia, Raposeira, Helena, Augusto, Margarida, Rasteiro, Francisco, Rebelo, Hugo, Regala, Frederico Tátá, Reto, Dyana, Jones, Kate E., Ribeiro, Sérgio Bruno, Rio‐Maior, Helena, Rocha, Ricardo, Rocha, Rita Gomes, Rodrigues, Luísa, Román, Jacinto, Bandeira, Victor, Roque, Sara, Santos, João P. V., Santos, Nuno, Santos, Sara, Santos, Carlos Pedro, Santos-Reis, Margarida, Serronha, Ana, Sierra, Pablo, Silva, Bruno, Silva, Carla S. G. M., Silva, Clara, Laborde, Marina I., Barbosa, Soraia, Silva, Diogo, Silva, Luís P., Silva, Ricardo, Silva, Carmen, Silva Júnior, Flavio Manoel Rodrigues, Sousa, Pedro, Sousa‐Guedes, Diana, Spadoni, Giulia, Tapisso, Joaquim T., Oliveira, Luís Lamas, Teixeira, Daniela, Barbosa, Sérgio, Teixeira, Sérgio, Teixeira, Nuno, Torres, Rita T., Travassos, Paulo, Vale‐Gonçalves, Hélia, Cidraes‐Vieira, Nuno, Merten, Sophie, Luz Mathias, Maria, Leitão, Inês, Barreiro, Silvia, Barros, Paulo, Barros, Tânia, Barros, Filomena, Pinto Basto, Mafalda, Bernardino, Joana, Bicho, Sara, Biedma, Luis Eduardo, Borges, Marta, Braz, Luis, Lemos, Rita, Brito, José Carlos, Brito, Tiago, Cabral, João Alexandre, Calzada, Javier, Camarinha, Cláudia, Carapuço, Mafalda, Cardoso, Paulo, Carmo, Mário, Carrapato, Carlos, Silva Carrilho, Maílis, Lima, Cátia, Carvalho, Diogo Filipe T. C. S., Carvalho, Filipe, Carvalho, João, Castro, Diana, Castro, Guilherme, Castro, Joana, Castro, Luis Roma, Catry, Filipe Xavier, Cerveira, Ana M., Cid, André, Linck, Paloma, Clarke, Rafael, Conde, Conceição, Conde, José, Costa, Jorge, Costa, Mafalda, Costa, Pedro, Costa, Cristina, Couto, André Pedro, Craveiro, João, Dias, Marta, Lopes, Hugo, Dias, Sofia, and Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
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Mammals are threatened worldwide, with 26% of all species being includedin the IUCN threatened categories. This overall pattern is primarily associatedwith habitat loss or degradation, and human persecution for terrestrial mam-mals, and pollution, open net fishing, climate change, and prey depletion formarine mammals. Mammals play a key role in maintaining ecosystems func-tionality and resilience, and therefore information on their distribution is cru-cial to delineate and support conservation actions. MAMMALS INPORTUGAL is a publicly available data set compiling unpublishedgeoreferenced occurrence records of 92 terrestrial, volant, and marine mam-mals in mainland Portugal and archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira thatincludes 105,026 data entries between 1873 and 2021 (72% of the data occur-ring in 2000 and 2021). The methods used to collect the data were: live obser-vations/captures (43%), sign surveys (35%), camera trapping (16%),bioacoustics surveys (4%) and radiotracking, and inquiries that represent lessthan 1% of the records. The data set includes 13 types of records: (1) burrowsjsoil moundsjtunnel, (2) capture, (3) colony, (4) dead animaljhairjskullsjjaws, (5) genetic confirmation, (6) inquiries, (7) observation of live animal (8),observation in shelters, (9) photo trappingjvideo, (10) predators dietjpelletsjpine cones/nuts, (11) scatjtrackjditch, (12) telemetry and (13) vocalizationjecholocation. The spatial uncertainty of most records ranges between 0 and100 m (76%). Rodentia (n=31,573) has the highest number of records followedby Chiroptera (n=18,857), Carnivora (n=18,594), Lagomorpha (n=17,496),Cetartiodactyla (n=11,568) and Eulipotyphla (n=7008). The data setincludes records of species classified by the IUCN as threatened(e.g.,Oryctolagus cuniculus[n=12,159],Monachus monachus[n=1,512],andLynx pardinus[n=197]). We believe that this data set may stimulate thepublication of other European countries data sets that would certainly contrib-ute to ecology and conservation-related research, and therefore assisting onthe development of more accurate and tailored conservation managementstrategies for each species. There are no copyright restrictions; please cite thisdata paper when the data are used in publications.
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- 2022