Check List 11(4): e19289, doi: 10.15560/11.4.1690
Medium and large-sized mammals in a Cerrado area of the state of Goiás, Brazil
Dieferson da Costa Estrela‡, Daniele Cipriano de Souza§, Joyce Moreira de Souza§, André Luis da Silva Castro§‡ Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil§ Instituto Federal Goiano, Brazil
Corresponding author: André Castro ( andrelscastro@gmail.com ) © 2017 Dieferson Estrela, Daniele Souza, Joyce Souza, André Castro. 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:
Castro A, Estrela D, Souza J, Souza D (2015) Medium and large-sized mammals in a Cerrado area of the state of Goiás, Brazil. Check List 11(4): 1690. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.4.1690 |  |
Abstract
Brazilian mammal fauna is considered to be the richest of the Neotropical region. However, in several regions of the country, there are gaps in the knowledge of its mammal fauna. Thus, we conducted a survey of the medium and large-sized mammal species in the fragmented Cerrado region in the southeast area of the state of Goiás. Nonlinear transects were conducted in 28 sessions over 13 months using direct observation methods, indirect observation methods (scratches, footprints, feces and lairs) and camera trapping. Twenty-five species belonging to eight orders were recorded. The species richness estimated by the Jackknife 1 method was 24.89 (±1.61) species in the transects and 16.88 (±1.29) species in camera trap, with stabilization of the species accumulation curves. Among the recorded species, 5 were endangered at the national level, and three were globally endangered. The high species richness found in the area in addition to the presence of endangered species highlights the need for conservation measures for the study site.
Keywords
mammals; species richness; hotspot; inventory; footprints