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Vultures and others scavenger vertebrates associated with man-sized pig carcasses: a perspective in Forensic Taphonomy

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...

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Main Authors:	Demo, Caroline, Cansi, Edison Rogério, Kosmann, Cecília, Pujol-Luz, José Roberto
Format:	Artigo
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia 2017
Subjects:	Cerrados Cemitérios Decomposição Necrófago Tafonomia
Online Access:	http://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/29074 https://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1984-46702013000500010
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spelling	ir-10482-290742021-03-28T00:38:34Z Vultures and others scavenger vertebrates associated with man-sized pig carcasses: a perspective in Forensic Taphonomy Demo, Caroline Cansi, Edison Rogério Kosmann, Cecília Pujol-Luz, José Roberto Cerrados Cemitérios Decomposição Necrófago Tafonomia 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. 2017-12-07T05:04:59Z 2017-12-07T05:04:59Z 2013-10 Artigo DEMO, Caroline et al. Vultures and others scavenger vertebrates associated with man-sized pig carcasses: a perspective in Forensic Taphonomy. Zoologia (Curitiba), Curitiba, v. 30, n. 5, p. 574-576, out. 2013. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1984-46702013000500010. Disponível em: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702013000500010&lng=en&nrm=iso. Acesso em: 27 nov. 2020. http://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/29074 https://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1984-46702013000500010 en Acesso Aberto Zoologia - Todo o conteúdo deste periódico, exceto onde está identificado, está licenciado sob uma Licença Creative Commons (CC BY NC 4.0). Fonte: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702013000500010&lng=en&nrm=iso. Acesso em: 27 nov. 2020. application/pdf Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia
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language	English
topic	Cerrados Cemitérios Decomposição Necrófago Tafonomia
spellingShingle	Cerrados Cemitérios Decomposição Necrófago Tafonomia Demo, Caroline Cansi, Edison Rogério Kosmann, Cecília Pujol-Luz, José Roberto Vultures and others scavenger vertebrates associated with man-sized pig carcasses: a perspective in Forensic Taphonomy
description	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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author	Demo, Caroline Cansi, Edison Rogério Kosmann, Cecília Pujol-Luz, José Roberto
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title	Vultures and others scavenger vertebrates associated with man-sized pig carcasses: a perspective in Forensic Taphonomy
title_short	Vultures and others scavenger vertebrates associated with man-sized pig carcasses: a perspective in Forensic Taphonomy
title_full	Vultures and others scavenger vertebrates associated with man-sized pig carcasses: a perspective in Forensic Taphonomy
title_fullStr	Vultures and others scavenger vertebrates associated with man-sized pig carcasses: a perspective in Forensic Taphonomy
title_full_unstemmed	Vultures and others scavenger vertebrates associated with man-sized pig carcasses: a perspective in Forensic Taphonomy
title_sort	vultures and others scavenger vertebrates associated with man-sized pig carcasses: a perspective in forensic taphonomy
publisher	Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia
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Vultures and others scavenger vertebrates associated with man-sized pig carcasses: a perspective in Forensic Taphonomy

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