Registros del oso andino Tremarctos ornatus (Carnivora: Ursidae) en el Subandino Sur de Bolivia

Efraín Miguel Peñaranda Barrios; José Miguel Castro Claros; Jhonny Antonio Hurtado Vásquez; Nicholas Mcphee; Oscar Armando Sánchez Arancibia; Mario Palacios Arancibia

doi:10.30550/j.azl/2021.65.1/2021-03-11

Authors

Efraín Miguel Peñaranda Barrios GeoAmbiente Ltda., Shell Bolivia Corporation, Sucursal Bolivia
José Miguel Castro Claros GeoAmbiente Ltda., Shell Bolivia Corporation, Sucursal Bolivia
Jhonny Antonio Hurtado Vásquez GeoAmbiente Ltda., Shell Bolivia Corporation, Sucursal Bolivia
Nicholas Mcphee Nick's Adventures Bolivia Tours
Oscar Armando Sánchez Arancibia YPFB Chaco
Mario Palacios Arancibia GeoAmbiente Ltda., Shell Bolivia Corporation, Sucursal Bolivia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30550/j.azl/2021.65.1/2021-03-11

Keywords:

Central Andes, Huacareta Area, Spectacled bear, Bolivian-Tucuman forest, distribution

Abstract

In this note, four records documented by photographs of the presence of the Andean bear (Tremarctos ornatus) are reported in the Southern Sub-Andean of Bolivia within the limits of the Carrasco-Amboró-Tariquía Andean Bear Conservation Units (UCO) proposed for Bolivia by Wallace et al. (2014). In addition, different records of the presence of the Andean bear were documented through interviews with local residents and analysis of records of observations of Shell Bolivia workers during hydrocarbon prospecting studies carried out in the departments of Tarija and Chuquisaca between 2013 and 2018. We also recorded oral accounts of the Guaraní culture referring to the perception, attitude and worldview patterns of this community in relation to the Andean bear. Our records contribute to strengthening the information on the distribution of the species in southern Bolivia.