01534naa a2200301 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400390006010000200009924501000011926000090021952006930022865000130092165000110093465000140094565000100095965300140096965300180098365300110100165300200101270000230103270000230105570000200107870000180109870000170111670000210113377300780115420626592017-05-30       2017    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 a10.1080/01650521.2016.12634182DOI1 aCOSTA, E. B. V.  aLow accuracy of identifying Neotropical deer species by scat morphology.h[electronic resource]  c2017  aMorphometric feces data are used to identify ungulates, but their effectiveness is questioned by numerous authors. Herein, we evaluated the efficiency of this tool in discriminating scat samples from Neotropical deer with sympatric distributions. We performed discriminant analysis of previously identified scat samples (n = 204). The accuracy of discriminant analysis (56?92%) was lower than the confidence limit established in this study in all sympatric combinations expected in these biomes. These results demonstrate serious limitations regarding the use of scat morphometry for species identification of Neotropical deer and reinforce the need to use noninvasive genetic techniques.  aCervidae  aCervus  aUngulates  aVeado  aFecal DNA  aFecal samples  aMazama  aScat morphology1 aOLIVEIRA, M. L. de1 aPERES, P. H. de F.1 aGROTTA NETO, F.1 aVOGLIOTTI, A.1 aPIOVEZAN, U.1 aDUARTE, J. M. B.  tStudies on Neotropical Fauna and Environmentgv. 52, n.1, p. 37-42, 2017.