Non-volant mammals, Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural (RPPN) Rio das Pedras, municipality of Mangaratiba, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Pessôa, Flávia Soares; Modesto, Thiago Carvalho; Albuquerque, Hermano Gomes; Attias, Nina; Bergallo, Helena de Godoy

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“…Grelle et al (2010), in a study about the selection of reserves based on the vegetation in the state of Rio de Janeiro, showed that the forest fragment in the municipality of Cambuci is a high priority area for conservation. This is because in the area there are no reserves and the studied fragment is one of the last representative remnants in the region (Bergallo et al 2009). Our sampling carried out in Cambuci provided an inventory of a poorly sampled phytophysiognomy of the Atlantic Forest, with a high rate of degradation by human activities and of high conservation priority.…”

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“…The species richness found for non-volant mammals in Esmeralda Farm is low when compared with the region of Serra da Concórdia, which is in the same phytophysiognomy and was sampled using a similar methodology (20 species recorded; Modesto et al 2008b). However, in the agricultural region of the rivers Pomba, Muriaé, and Itabapoana, the high rate of plant cover removal has led the region to a progressive desiccation process and to an increase in soil erosion (Bergallo et al 2009). The largest forest remnant in the region has ca.…”

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“…The bat fauna of this region of the state of Rio de Janeiro is poorly known (Bergallo et al 2009). In an inventory carried out in the same phytophysiognomic formation with a similar sampling effort, Modesto et al (2008a) found 16 bat species, eight of which common to both areas (A. caudifer, A. fimbriatus, A. geoffroyi, A. lituratus, C. perspicillata, D. rotundus, M. minuta, S. lilium).…”

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“…The Atlantic Forest has been degraded by activities such as the uncontrolled extractivism, livestock farming, extensive agriculture, and by processes related to industrialization and urbanization (Rocha et al 2003;Bergallo et al 2009). Such processes were responsible for the removal of large portions of native plant cover (Bergallo et al 2000;Fundação S.O.S.…”

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“…The temperature varies from 15°C to 35°C throughout the year and the average annual rainfall is 1,276 mm. The total area of the fragment sampled is 1,000 ha (Attias et al 2009). …”

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Mammals of a forest fragment in Cambuci municipality, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Albuquerque¹,

Martins²,

Pessôa³

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The Atlantic Forest is considered a hotspot due to its current state of vast degradation and high indexes of biodiversity. This biome has been degraded through the years by processes resulting from the Brazilian socioeconomic model of development. The seasonal semi-deciduous Atlantic Forest is a poorly studied phytophysiognomy specially degraded by human activities in the state of Rio de Janeiro. In the present study we report the results of a rapid mammalian inventory conducted in the municipality of Cambuci, in a fragment of seasonal semi-deciduous forest. We used live traps and pitfall traps to capture non-volant small mammals, and mist-nets of different lengths to collect bats. To sample medium and large-sized mammals we used camera traps. We recorded 27 mammal species in the region, of which 16 are volant mammals. We emphasize the distribution extension of Trinomys setosus in 150 km (that enabled its insertion in the species list of Rio de Janeiro) and the capture of Lonchophylla peracchii, a recently described species apparently restricted to Atlantic Forest. Both facts show the importance of the fragment for the region biodiversity.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The temperature varies from 15°C to 35°C throughout the year and the average annual rainfall is 1,276 mm. The total area of the fragment sampled is 1,000 ha (Attias et al 2009). …”

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