C. hoffmanni occurs at densities of 1.05 animals per hectare on Barro Colorado Island, Panamá (Montgomery and Sunquist 1975). It has been found at densities of 0.3 to 1.5 animals per hectare in the Andean region of Colombia, while densities in the lowlands of northern Colombia were 0.2 to 0.83 individuals per hectare (Acevedo and Sanchez 2007; Alvarez 2004).