Check List 19(5): 675-690, doi: 10.15560/19.5.675
Mammals from the Base de Selva da Polícia Militar, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil
Raul Afonso Pommer-Barbosa‡, André Luiz da Cruz Prestes§, Welington da Silva Paula do Nascimento‡, Jéssica Fernanda Teodoro Reis|, Geovanna Santos da Silva|, Claudia Christian Bezerra de Souza‡, Flávio Aparecido Terassini|, Mizael Andrade Pedersoli¶‡, Marcela Alvares Oliveira‡‡ Universidade Federal de Rondônia, Porto Velho, Brazil§ Polícia Militar do Estado de Rondônia, Porto Velho, Brazil| Centro Universitário São Lucas, Porto Velho, Brazil¶ Universidade Federal do Acre, Porto Velho, Brazil
Corresponding author: Raul Afonso Pommer-Barbosa ( raulpommer@hotmail.com ) Academic editor: Guilherme Garbino © Raul Afonso Pommer-Barbosa, André Luiz da Cruz Prestes, Welington da Silva Paula do Nascimento, Jéssica Fernanda Teodoro Reis, Geovanna Santos da Silva, Claudia Christian Bezerra de Souza, Flávio Aparecido Terassini, Mizael Andrade Pedersoli, Marcela Alvares Oliveira. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Pommer-Barbosa RA, Prestes ALC, Nascimento WSP, Fernanda Teodoro Reis J, Silva GS, Souza CCB, Terassini FA, Pedersoli MA, Oliveira MÁ (2023) Mammals from the Base de Selva da Polícia Militar, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil. Check List 19(5): 675-690. https://doi.org/10.15560/19.5.675 |  |
Abstract
The state of Rondônia harbors 185 of the 399 species of mammals recorded from the Amazon biome, which corresponds to 46.4% of the total number of species. The state is also an important center of diversity and endemism, especially due to the presence of major biogeographical barriers such as the rio Madeira. We employed trap cameras and track surveys to assess the mammal community in the Base de Selva da Polícia Militar in Rondônia state, Brazil. During one year of survey, we recorded 40 species of medium-sized and large mammals, and, in our study, we recorded the highest mammal richness for a locality in Rondônia, which highlights the importance of private protected areas for mammal conservation in the state. Camera-trap records also showed the occurrence of threatened species. Finally, we provide recommendations for additional studies in this region that is threatened by deforestation and expansion of agriculture.
Keywords
Camera trap, Madeira River, private protected areas, species richness