First record of Sylvilagus brasiliensis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lagomorpha: Leporidae) in Rio Grande do Norte state, Northeast Brazil

Hugo Fernandes-Ferreira; Ana Raquel Dantas; Fernando Heberson Menezes; Edja Daise Barbosa; Kalyl Serra

doi:10.15560/12.2.1856

Check List 12(2): e19458, doi: 10.15560/12.2.1856

First record of Sylvilagus brasiliensis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lagomorpha: Leporidae) in Rio Grande do Norte state, Northeast Brazil

Ana Raquel Carvalho Dantas^‡, Fernando Heberson Menezes^§, Kalyl Silvino Serra^‡, Edja Daise Oliveira Barbosa^|, Hugo Fernandes-Ferreira^¶

‡ Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Brazil§ Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Brazil| iversidade Federal de Campina Grande,¶ Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil

Corresponding author: Hugo Fernandes-Ferreira ( hugofernandesbio@gmail.com )

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Citation: Fernandes-Ferreira H, Dantas A, Menezes F, Barbosa E, Serra K (2016) First record of Sylvilagus brasiliensis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lagomorpha: Leporidae) in Rio Grande do Norte state, Northeast Brazil. Check List 12(2): 1856. https://doi.org/10.15560/12.2.1856

Abstract

We document the first record of Sylvilagus brasiliensis (Linnaeus, 1758) in Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil. An adult individual was photographed in October 2015 in the municipality of João Câmara. This is the northernmost report of this species for the Caatinga biome. This article also represents important data for the Rio Grande do Norte, since the mammal diversity of this state is practically unknown.

Keywords

Caatinga; distribution; Tapeti; mammals