Table 1.

Hosts classification based on the association of faecal macroscopy, guard hair trichology and DNA sequencing

Taxonomy	Macroscopy	Trichology	DNA sequencing	Pearson’s correlation coeficiente (ρ)	Total fecal samples (n = 244)
Order Carnivora					168 (68.8%)
Family Canidae					112 (45.9%)
Chrysocyon brachyurus					97 (39.7%)
	Order Carnivora	C. brachyurus	C. brachyurus	c	42
	Order Carnivora	Family Mustelidae	C. brachyurus	0.95	11
	Order Carnivora	Family Mephitidae	C. brachyurus	0.95	2
	Order Carnivora	C. brachyurus	Low quality gene sequence	0.97	6
	Order Carnivora	Family Canidae	C. brachyurus	c	1
	Order Carnivora	Absent guard hair	C. brachyurus	0.95	24
	Family Canidae	C. brachyurus	C. brachyurus	c	3
	Family Felidae	C. brachyurus	C. brachyurus	0.99	7
	Family Felidae	Family Canidae	C. brachyurus	–	1
Canis familiaris					13 (5.3%)
	Order Carnivora	Family Canidae	C. familiaris	c	8
	Order Carnivora	Procyon cancrivorus	C. familiaris	–	1
	Order Carnivora	Family Mephitidae	C. familiaris	–	1
	Order Carnivora	Absent guard hair	C. familiaris	–	2
	Family Canidae	Family Canidae	C. familiaris	c	1
Cerdocyon thous					2 (0.8%)
	Order Carnivora	C. thous	C. thous	c	1
	Order Carnivora	Absent guard hair	C. thous	–	1
Family Felidae					56 (22.9%)
Leopardus guttulus					52 (21.3%)
	Family Felidae	L. guttulus	L. guttulus	c	3
	Family Felidae	L. guttulus	Low quality gene sequence	0.97	1
	Family Felidae	Absent guard hair	L. guttulus	0.94	24
	Family Felidae	Family Canidae	L. guttulus	0.94	6
	Family Felidae	Procyon cancrivorus	L. guttulus	0.94	2
	Family Felidae	Family Mustelidae	L. guttulus	0.94	2
	Family Felidae	Family Mephitidae	L. guttulus	0.94	5
	Order Carnivora	Absent guard hair	L. guttulus	–	7
	Order Carnivora	L. pardalis	L. guttulus	–	1
	Order Carnivora	P. yagouaroundi	L. guttulus	–	1
Puma yagouaroundi					2 (0.8%)
	Family Felidae	P. yagouaroundi	Low quality gene sequence	0.68	2
Leopardus pardalis					1 (0.4%)
	Order Carnivora	L. pardalis	Low quality gene sequence	–	1
Puma concolor					1 (0.4%)
	Order Carnivora	Família Mustelidae	P. concolor	–	1
Order Artiodactyla					31 (12.7%)
Family Suidae					12 (4.9%)
Sus scrofa					12 (4.9%)
	Order Artiodactyla	Absent guard hair	S. scrofa	–	1
	Order Artiodactyla	Order Artiodactyla	S. scrofa	c	11
Taxonomy	Macroscopy	Trichology	DNA sequencing	Total fecal samples (n = 244)
Order Carnivora				168 (68.8%)
Order Carnivora USa				45 (18.4%)
	Order Carnivora	L. guttulus	C. familiaris	1
	Order Carnivora	L. pardalis	C. brachyurus	2
	Order Carnivora	P. yagouaroundi	C. brachyurus	1
	Order Carnivora	Absent guard hair	Low quality gene sequence	9
	Order Carnivora	Family Mephitidae	Low quality gene sequence	1
	Order Carnivora	C. brachyurus	L. guttulus	5
	Order Carnivora	Leopardus wiedii	C. thous	1
	Order Carnivora	Nasua nasua	Low quality gene sequence	1
	Order Carnivora	Family Mustelidae	Low quality gene sequence	1
	Order Carnivora	Family Canidae	Low quality gene sequence	4
	Family Felidae	C. brachyurus	L. guttulus	1
	Family Felidae	Family Canidae	Low quality gene sequence	3
	Family Felidae	Nasua nasua	Low quality gene sequence	1
	Family Felidae	Family Mustelidae	Low quality gene sequence	3
	Family Felidae	Absent guard hair	Low quality gene sequence	6
	Family Felidae	Family Mephitidae	Low quality gene sequence	4
	Family Felidae	C. brachyurus	Low quality gene sequence	1
Order Artiodactyla				31 (12.7%)
Order Artiodactyla USb				19 (7.8%)
	Order Artiodactyla	Absent guard hair	Low quality gene sequence	6
	Order Artiodactyla	Order Artiodactyla	Low quality gene sequence	13

^a Order Carnivora Unidentified Species; ^b Order Artiodactyla Unidentified Species. ^c Total agreement among the three identification techniques