Occurrence record of Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 (Mammalia: Artiodactyla) at Estação Ecológica de Itirapina, São Paulo state, Brazil

Abstract

Invasive species are the second cause of biodiversity decline in the world. Among the many invasive species, the Sus scrofa (wild boar) is amongst those that cause more impacts. Our aim was to report the presence of the wild boar in the last remaining open area of Cerrado in the São Paulo state, Brazil. In September 2007 an individual was seen and tracks were also observed during the same period at the Estação Ecológica de Itirapina.

The pig of the Lençóis Maranhenses, first record of wild boar (Sus scrofa) in Maranhão State, Brazil

“…The oldest record of Wild Boar in Brazil, in 1989, was in Jaraguão county, Rio Grande do Sul state (Deberdt and Scherer 2007), which can be considered the first introduction cycle of boar in Brazil (Oliveira 2012). Since that time, wild boars (S. scrofa and S. scrofa domesticus Erxleben, 1777 × S. scrofa) have been recorded in the Brazilian regions of the South, Southeast, and Center-West regions (Deberdt and Scherer 2007, Trovati and Munerato 2013, Pedrosa et al 2015, Pereira et al 2018, Silveira and Pacheco 2018. It also occurs in six municipalities of Bahia state, where the northernmost Brazilian record was observed in Correntina (Pedrosa et al 2015).…”

Current distribution of invasive feral pigs in Brazil: economic impacts and ecological uncertainty

“…Our records represent an increase of five times on the number of locations invaded since Deberdt (2007;91 municipalities). We are watching an unforeseen invasion (Kaizer et al, 2014;Trovati and Munerato, 2013).…”