New records and update on the geographic distribution of Lontra longicaudis (Olfers, 1818) (Carnivora: Mustelidae) in Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests of northeastern Brazil | Zendy

Patrícia F. RosasRibeiro | Zendy; Rodrigo Ranulpho | Zendy; Eduardo Martins Venticinque | Zendy

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New records and update on the geographic distribution of Lontra longicaudis (Olfers, 1818) (Carnivora: Mustelidae) in Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests of northeastern Brazil

Author(s) -

Patrícia F. RosasRibeiro,

Rodrigo Ranulpho,

Eduardo Martins Venticinque

Publication year - 2017

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Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.276

H-Index - 22

ISSN - 1809-127X

DOI - 10.15560/13.3.2108

Subject(s) - biome , otter , mustelidae , geography , ecology , tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests , biology , forestry , ecosystem

We confirmed occurrences of Lontra longicaudis (Olfers, 1818) in Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests (Caatinga) of 10 river basins in northeastern Brazil, reporting the first records of the species in five of them. The species was not found in river basins totally inserted in Caatinga, nor where Caatinga borders Cerrado (Piaui state), indicating a gap in the species distribution. We report the first otter occurrence in Piaui, in the Cerrado biome of the southern part of the state. The relevance of these results for Neotropical Otter conservation is discussed, and an update of the species distribution map is proposed.

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