Road mortality locations of small and medium-sized mammals along a partly-fenced highway in Quebec, Canada, 2012–2015

• Main Authors: Judith Plante, Katrina Bélanger-Smith, Ariel G. Spanowicz, Anthony P. Clevenger, Jochen A.G. Jaeger
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2018-12-01
• Series: Data in Brief
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340918312654

The data presented here consist of the locations of 839 roadkill points from four years (2012–2015) of roadkill surveys for small and medium-sized mammals (under 30 kg) from a four-lane highway in Quebec (Highway 175) during the months of May to October. Seventeen species or species groups were identified, all local to the area, and none of which were identified as species at risk, threatened, or endangered. The GPS coordinates of each roadkill event are given, along with the date, time of day (morning or evening), location (northbound or southbound lanes) and species (where possible). Within the surveyed road, 18 wildlife passages with 100 m fencing on each side of the passage entrances were built for small and medium-sized mammals. The GPS coordinates of the 18 passages and the end of each corresponding fence are also provided.