Camera trap surveys are useful to understand animal species population trends, distribution, habitat preference, behavior, community dynamics, periods of activity, and species associations with environmental conditions. This information is ecologically important, because many species play important roles in local ecosystems as predators, herbivores, seed dispersers, and disease vectors. Additionally, many of the larger wildlife species detected by camera traps are economically important through hunting, trapping, or ecotourism. Here we present a data set of camera-trap surveys from 6,043 locations across all 100 counties of North Carolina, USA from 2009 to 2019. These data come from 26 survey initiatives and contain 215,108 records of 36 mammal species and three species of terrestrial birds. This large data set increases the geographical distribution data for these 39 mammal and bird species by >500% over what is available for North Carolina in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). These data can be used to conduct inquiries about species, populations, communities, or ecosystems, and to produce useful information on wildlife behavior, distribution, and interactions. There are no copyright restrictions. Please cite this paper when using the data for publication.

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卡罗莱纳州小动物：来自北卡罗来纳州野生动物调查的相机陷阱数据集合

相机陷阱调查有助于了解动物物种种群趋势、分布、栖息地偏好、行为、群落动态、活动时期以及物种与环境条件的关联。这些信息在生态上很重要，因为许多物种作为捕食者、食草动物、种子传播者和疾病媒介在当地生态系统中发挥着重要作用。此外，相机陷阱检测到的许多大型野生动物物种通过狩猎、诱捕或生态旅游具有重要的经济意义。在这里，我们展示了 2009 年至 2019 年美国北卡罗来纳州所有 100 个县的 6,043 个地点的相机陷阱调查数据集。这些数据来自 26 个调查计划，包含 36 种哺乳动物和三种陆生鸟类的 215,108 条记录。这个大型数据集将这 39 种哺乳动物和鸟类的地理分布数据比全球生物多样性信息设施 (GBIF) 中北卡罗来纳州的可用数据增加了 500% 以上。这些数据可用于对物种、种群、社区或生态系统进行调查，并生成有关野生动物行为、分布和相互作用的有用信息。没有版权限制。使用数据发表时请引用本文。没有版权限制。使用数据发表时请引用本文。没有版权限制。使用数据发表时请引用本文。