<b>Data From: </b><b>Human land use drives microplastic abundance in terrestrial wildlife</b>

This work combined high-resolution GPS tracking data from lowland tapirs (<i>Tapirus terrestris</i>), giant anteaters (<i>Myrmecophaga tridactyla</i>), and giant armadillos (<i>Priodontes maximus</i>) across three sites in Brazil, with <i>in vivo</i> microplastic measurements (particle counts, concentrations, and polymer identification via confocal Raman spectroscopy) from blood samples collected from the same individuals.

For each animal, individual-level exposure metrics from GPS relocation data were derived, including weighted mean and maximum Human Footprint Index (HFI) exposure, home-range size, and distance to the nearest human development and waste management facility, to link movement ecology with systemic microplastic burden. This dataset includes raw and processed particle-level microplastic data, individual movement summaries, environmental covariate layers, and procedural blank control data used for quality assurance and quality control.