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

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Autor(a) principal: Demo,Caroline
Data de Publicação: 2013
Outros Autores: Cansi,Edison Rogério, Kosmann,Cecília, Pujol-Luz,José Roberto
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Zoologia (Curitiba. Online)
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702013000500010
Resumo: 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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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Vultures and others scavenger vertebrates associated with man-sized pig carcasses: a perspective in Forensic Taphonomy
title Vultures and others scavenger vertebrates associated with man-sized pig carcasses: a perspective in Forensic Taphonomy
spellingShingle Vultures and others scavenger vertebrates associated with man-sized pig carcasses: a perspective in Forensic Taphonomy
Demo,Caroline
Cerrado
chronothanatognosis
clandestine cemeteries
decomposition
necrophagy
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
author Demo,Caroline
author_facet Demo,Caroline
Cansi,Edison Rogério
Kosmann,Cecília
Pujol-Luz,José Roberto
author_role author
author2 Cansi,Edison Rogério
Kosmann,Cecília
Pujol-Luz,José Roberto
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Demo,Caroline
Cansi,Edison Rogério
Kosmann,Cecília
Pujol-Luz,José Roberto
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Cerrado
chronothanatognosis
clandestine cemeteries
decomposition
necrophagy
topic Cerrado
chronothanatognosis
clandestine cemeteries
decomposition
necrophagy
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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