Paraguay

Identification of carnivore feces by local peoples and molecular analysis
By: Gerald L. Zuercher, Philip S. Gipson, and George C. Stewart
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 31(4)
2003
Keywords: Canids, carnivores, cytochrome-b, feces, felids, molecular analysis, scat, traditional ecological knowledge, Paraguay
https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/3784440.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A3367745f9fbb8d360c04e403e1b5e284
Researchers used molecular analysis of carnivore scat to assess the validity of traditional ecological knowledge. Previously, carnivore information required the animal to be trapped, sedated and tissue samples taken. The authors developed a technique for scat analysis, as well as verifying that local and indigenous people correctly identified carnivores from their scat 100 percent of the time.