Mammalian carnivores are considered a key group in maintaining ecological health and can indicate potential ecological integrity in landscapes where they occur. Carnivores also hold high conservation value and their habitat requirements can guide management and conservation plans. The order Carnivora has 84 species from 8 families in the Neotropical region: Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Otariidae; Phocidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae. Herein, we include published and unpublished data on native terrestrial Neotropical carnivores (Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae). NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES is a publicly available data set that includes 99,605 data entries from 35,511 unique georeferenced coordinates. Detection/non-detection and quantitative data were obtained from 1818 to 2018 by researchers, governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations, and private consultants. Data were collected using several methods including camera trapping, museum collections, roadkill, line transect, and opportunistic records. Literature (peerreviewed and grey literature) from Portuguese, Spanish and English were incorporated in this compilation. Most of the data set consists of detection data entries (n = 79,343; 79.7%) but also includes non-detection data (n = 20,262; 20.3%). Of those, 43.3% also include count data (n = 43,151). The information available in NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES will contribute to macroecological, ecological, and conservation questions in multiple spatio-temporal perspectives. As carnivores play key roles in trophic interactions, a better understanding of their distribution and habitat requirements are essential to establish conservation management plans and safeguard the future ecological health of Neotropical ecosystems. Our data paper, combined with other largescale data sets, has great potential to clarify species distribution and related ecological processes within the Neotropics. There are no copyright restrictions and no restriction for using data from this data paper, as long as the data paper is cited as the source of the information used. We also request that users inform us of how they intend to use the data.

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新热带食肉动物：新热带食肉动物分布的数据集

哺乳动物食肉动物被认为是维持生态健康的关键群体，可以表明它们出现的景观中潜在的生态完整性。食肉动物也具有很高的保护价值，它们的栖息地要求可以指导管理和保护计划。食肉目有新热带地区8科84种：犬科；猫科; 食蚜蝇科；鼬科; 鸭科; 凤蝶科; 浣熊科；和熊科。在此，我们包括已发表和未发表的本地陆生新热带食肉动物数据（犬科；猫科；鼠科；鼬科；浣熊科；和熊科）。NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES 是一个公开可用的数据集，包括来自 35,511 个唯一地理参考坐标的 99,605 个数据条目。研究人员从 1818 年到 2018 年获得了检测/非检测和定量数据，政府机构、非政府组织和私人顾问。使用多种方法收集数据，包括相机陷印、博物馆收藏、道路杀手、线样线和机会记录。来自葡萄牙语、西班牙语和英语的文学（同行评审和灰色文学）被纳入本汇编。大多数数据集由检测数据条目组成（n = 79,343；79.7%），但也包括非检测数据（n = 20,262；20.3%）。其中，43.3% 还包括计数数据（n = 43,151）。NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES 中可用的信息将从多个时空角度对宏观生态、生态和保护问题做出贡献。由于食肉动物在营养相互作用中起着关键作用，更好地了解它们的分布和栖息地要求对于制定保护管理计划和保护新热带生态系统未来的生态健康至关重要。我们的数据论文与其他大规模数据集相结合，在阐明新热带地区的物种分布和相关生态过程方面具有巨大潜力。只要引用数据文件作为所用信息的来源，就没有版权限制，也没有限制使用该数据文件中的数据。我们还要求用户告知我们他们打算如何使用数据。只要引用数据文件作为所用信息的来源，就没有版权限制，也没有限制使用该数据文件中的数据。我们还要求用户告知我们他们打算如何使用数据。只要引用数据文件作为所用信息的来源，就没有版权限制，也没有限制使用该数据文件中的数据。我们还要求用户告知我们他们打算如何使用数据。