Camera trapping efforts at three adjacent sites in Madidi National Park and Natural Area of Integrated Management, Bolivia, revealed dry season activity periods for 15 species of Neotropical forest dwelling mammal. Nasua was strictly diurnal, Atelocynus, Dasyprocta, Pecari and Tayassu mostly diurnal, Eira, Hydrochaeris, Mazama, Panthera and Puma cathemeral, Leopardus, Procyon and Tapirus mostly nocturnal, and Cuniculus and Sylvilagus strictly nocturnal. In general, these results support previous natural history knowledge regarding these mammals in humid forests. The importance of considering activity periods when designing field survey and census methods is highlighted. Keywords: Activity hoursactivity periodscamera trappingAmazonian mammalsMadidiBolivia Acknowledgments This work is a product of the Landscape Species Research of the Living Landscapes Program of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) financed by USAID Global and WCS through a Cooperative Agreement (LAG-A-00-99-00047-00). Andrew Noss provided additional TrailMaster camera traps. Luke Hunter provided valuable comments on an earlier version of the manuscript. An anonymous reviewer and Anne Zillikens made suggestions that improved the manuscript.
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