Who am I? Testing I3S Contour on the facial mask of the Western polecat ( Mustela putorius )

Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy

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Luca Francesco Russo¹  Anna Loy¹ 

[1] Università degli Studi del Molise, Department of Biosciences and The Territory;Kayla Nature s.r.l.s

关键词: Mustela putorius;    western polecat;    I3S contour;    individual recognition;   

DOI  :  10.4404/hystrix-00317-2020

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Associazione Teriologica Italiana

【 摘 要 】

Individual recognition of wild animals is a fundamental tool to acquire information about the structure and dynamics of animal populations. Recently, individual identification from camera trapping has been successfully applied to Capture-Mark-Recapture (CMR) studies in various taxa. Wecollected 281 photos of 48 specimens of Western Polecat (Mustela putorius) from various ItalianMuseums to test the capabilities of I3S contour software to automatically recognize different individuals from their facial mask. After selecting 52 high quality pictures from different specimens,we obtained a 100% success rate of correct individual identification. This suggested that both facialmask pattern and automatic identification might be successfully applied to the study of this highlyelusive species through camera trapping.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC