“…This is the first study to analyze this variable in a standardized way, evidencing rich small mammal assemblages throughout the Cerrado, reinforcing the high richness previously found in independent surveys at different portions of the biome (12-24 species; e.g., Bonvicino et al, 2005Bonvicino et al, , 2012Bonvicino et al, , 2014bCáceres et al, 2007Cáceres et al, , 2011aBezerra et al, 2009;Pereira and Geise, 2009;Carmignotto and Aires, 2011;Rocha R. G. et al, 2011Rocha R. G. et al, , 2014Santos-Filho et al, 2012;Carmignotto et al, 2014;Gomes et al, 2015;Carmignotto, 2019;Ribeiro et al, 2020). Long-term inventories comprising the wet and dry seasons typical of the Cerrado may also yield a higher number of individuals and species, especially considering naturally rare species (e.g., 1-4 individuals across localities), and those that present a great variation in abundance between seasons (Bonvicino et al, 2014b;Gomes et al, 2015;Rocha et al, 2017;Ribeiro et al, 2019). In fact, higher sampling effort in the NORTH raised the previous species richness to 23 (Carmignotto and Aires, 2011), and the same was found for NORTHWEST (21 species; Santos-Filho et al, 2012); SOUTHEAST (18 species; Furtado et al, 2021), and CENTRAL (16 species;Carmignotto, 2005).…”