Abstract:Information on the distribution of the silky anteater (Cyclopes didactylus) is scarce, especially in the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil, where the species is considered Data Deficient (DD) by the IUCN. We present the first georeferenced record of C. didactylus for the Atlantic Forest of Rio Grande do Norte, northeastern Brazil. A resident found the animal in 2008 near a Private Reserve of Natural Heritage in the municipality of Baía Formosa, in the surroundings of the largest Atlantic Forest fragment o… Show more
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