Mammalia, Carnivora, Canidae, Pseudalopex vetulus (Lund, 1842): First record for the Atlantic Forest, southern state of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fernando Fernandes; Maurício Costa

doi:10.15560/9.6.1603

Check List 9(6): 1603-1604, doi: 10.15560/9.6.1603

Mammalia, Carnivora, Canidae, Pseudalopex vetulus (Lund, 1842): First record for the Atlantic Forest, southern state of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fernando Afonso Bonillo Fernandes^‡, Maurício Djalles Costa

‡ bonillofernandes@uol.com.br, Brazil

Corresponding author: Fernando Fernandes ( bonillofernandes@uol.com.br )

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Citation: Fernandes F, Costa M (2013) Mammalia, Carnivora, Canidae, Pseudalopex vetulus (Lund, 1842): First record for the Atlantic Forest, southern state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Check List 9(6): 1603-1604. https://doi.org/10.15560/9.6.1603

Abstract

We present the first record of Pseudalopex vetulus for Pouso Alegre, southern state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. This location is outside the known distribution of the species and also outside the domain of the Cerrado biome, which is usually associated with the geographic distribution of P. vetulus.

Keywords

Mammalia; Carnivora; Canidae; new record; range extension; Atlantic Forest; Brazil