Open AccessMammals, Serra da Concórdia, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Author(s) -
Thiago Cardoso Modesto,
Flávia Soares Pessôa,
Tássia Jordão-Nogueira,
Maria Carlota Enrici,
Luciana de Moraes Costa,
Nina Attias,
Juliana Cardoso de Almeida,
Daniel Santana Lorenzo Raíces,
Hermano Gomes Albuquerque,
Bruno C. Pereira,
Carlos Eduardo Lustosa Esbérard,
Helena Godoy Bergallo
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.276
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1809-127X
DOI - 10.15560/4.3.341
Subject(s) - threatened species , atlantic forest , mammal , biome , geography , transect , species richness , ecology , biology , habitat , ecosystem
The Atlantic Forest in the state of Rio de Janeiro is extremely fragmented and reduced in its original extension. Although there are a great number of studies related to the biome, few lists are available for this region. The present study seeks to get information on the mammals of a remnant forest in Serra da Concórdia, an area from which no information is currently available. The rapid mammal's survey was accomplished by use of pitfalls, live traps, transects, mist nets, and camera traps. We recorded 37 terrestrial species that represent 22.3 % of Rio de Janeiro state mammal species. Among the recorded species, six are endemic of the Atlantic Forest, one is endemic of the state, and eight are in the state list of threatened or presumably threatened species. The area presents great mammal richness and an increasing effort will probably reveal the presence of additional species.
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