Check List 12(4): e19548, doi: 10.15560/12.4.1946
New distribution records of Pteronura brasiliensis (Zimmerman, 1780) (Mammalia, Carnivora) in Roraima, northern Brazilian Amazonia
Luciana Gosi Pacca‡, Lara Gomes Côrtes§, Lívia de Almeida Rodrigues|, Ronaldo Gonçalves Morato|‡ Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade-ICMBio - Estação Ecológica de Maracá/CR2, Brazil§ Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade-ICMBio Coordenação de Análise e Prognóstico de Risco à Biodiversidade. COAPRO/CGESP/DIBIO., Brazil| Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio/MMA) – Centro Nacional de Pesquisa e Conservação de Mamíferos Carnívoros (CENAP)., Brazil
Corresponding author: Luciana Pacca ( luciana.pacca@icmbio.gov.br ) © 2017 Luciana Pacca, Lara Côrtes, Lívia Rodrigues, Ronaldo Morato. 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:
Pacca L, Rodrigues L, Côrtes L, Morato R (2016) New distribution records of Pteronura brasiliensis (Zimmerman, 1780) (Mammalia, Carnivora) in Roraima, northern Brazilian Amazonia. Check List 12(4): 1946. https://doi.org/10.15560/12.4.1946 |  |
Abstract
A survey of the Giant Otter, Pteronura brasiliensis (Zimmerman, 1780), in the state of Roraima, northern Brazilian Amazonia, is presented. We include 52 new records, increasing the total geographic coordinate points for the species in this area by 360%. Additionally, this study reports the first occurrence of the P. brasiliensis in the lavrado region, a unique and endemic ecosystem of South America with high biodiversity, which claims for protection and adequate land use planning.
Keywords
Giant Otter; Mustelidae; Carnivora; lavrado; species inventory; range extension; conservation