Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings collection

 

Title

TERRESTRIAL MAMMALIAN PESTS IN ARGENTINA—AN OVERVIEW

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

March 1988

In Argentina, 41 of the country's 300 native or introduced land mammals are legally considered as pests: 31 are indigenous and 10 exotic. The types of problems arising are described and the principal species causing them are reviewed. Although inflicting damage, several wild animals are also valuable for commercial hunting enterprises.