“…Limited information is available on sarcoptic mange disease in wild mammal populations ( Forchhammer and Asferg, 2000 ; Tompkins et al, 2015 ). For example, there are approximately 22 available reports of sarcoptic mange in wild animals in South America, and many of these reports are associated with animals kept in captivity ( Alvarado et al, 1966 ; Whitaker and Dietz, 1987 ; Pantoja López et al, 1989 ; Oliveira et al, 2000 ; Ramos Acuña et al, 2000 ; Deem et al, 2002 ; Arzamendia et al, 2012 ; De Souza Muniz Neta et al, 2012 ; Corriale et al, 2013 ; Gomez-Puerta et al, 2013 ; Robles et al, 2014 ; Verdugo et al, 2016 ; Berger et al, 2017 ; de Almeida et al, 2018 ; Gonzalez-Astudillo et al, 2018 ; Teodoro et al, 2018 ). Particularly in Colombia, one of the countries with the greatest diversity of mammals globally ( Ramírez-Chaves et al, 2021 ), the presence of sarcoptic mange has been reported in porcupines ( Coendou quichua Thomas, 1899) and a possible case in a kinkajou ( Potos flavus Schreber, 1774) ( Gonzalez-Astudillo et al, 2018 ; Salcedo-Rivera et al, 2018 ).…”