Vanthomme et al., 2013), Thus, information relating to mammalian presence is of importance to conservation and development planning. Socio-economic development in central and western Africa has commonly taken the form of natural resource extraction. While this extraction takes place on unprotected land, such activities can have severely negative effects on mammal populations as unprotected land can contribute to biodiversity conservation more effectively than formalised protected areas (Tranquilli et al., 2014). This study took place in the Kouilou Department of the Republic of Congo. Dowsett and Dowsett-Lemaire (1991) conducted one of
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