Check List 9(2): 240-245, doi: 10.15560/9.2.240
Survey of large and medium-sized terrestrial mammals in the Serra do Brigadeiro State Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil
expand article infoAndré Valle Nunes‡, Leandro Moraes Scoss§, Maressa Rocha Prado|, Gisele Mendes Lessa‡
‡ Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil§ Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network, Brazil| Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Corresponding author: André Nunes ( tataupas@gmail.com )

© 2017 André Nunes, Leandro Scoss, Maressa Prado, Gisele Lessa.
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Citation: Nunes A, Prado M, Scoss L, Lessa G (2013) Survey of large and medium-sized terrestrial mammals in the Serra do Brigadeiro State Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Check List 9(2): 240-245. https://doi.org/10.15560/9.2.240
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to survey the species of large and medium-sized terrestrial mammals occurring at Serra do Brigadeiro State Park (SBSP). Data was compiled from two studies carried out in 2008. Data was collected through sand plots and camera traps. Thirteen species were recorded, one that had not been registered before (Leopardus wiedii) and one exotic (Canis lupus familiaris). Species richness estimate for camera trapping was 13.53±1.75. For the sand plots, estimate was lower (9±1.73 species). The low number of inventories focusing on large and medium-sized terrestrial mammals in the Mantiqueira region of the Atlantic forest and the presence of the domestic dogs within the Park limits emphasizes the need for monitoring programs to identify the major threats to preserved areas in the region.
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