Check List 13(3): e19710, doi: 10.15560/13.3.2108
New records and update on the geographic distribution of Lontra longicaudis (Olfers, 1818) (Carnivora: Mustelidae) in Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests of northeastern Brazil
expand article infoPatrícia F. Rosas-Ribeiro‡, Rodrigo Ranulpho§, Eduardo Venticinque‡
‡ Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil§ Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil

Corresponding author: Patrícia Rosas-Ribeiro ( patriciafarias@hotmail.com )

© 2017 Patrícia Rosas-Ribeiro, Rodrigo Ranulpho, Eduardo Venticinque.
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Citation: Rosas-Ribeiro P, Ranulpho R, Venticinque E (2017) New records and update on the geographic distribution of Lontra longicaudis (Olfers, 1818) (Carnivora: Mustelidae) in Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests of northeastern Brazil. Check List 13(3): 2108. https://doi.org/10.15560/13.3.2108
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Abstract
We confirmed occurrences of Lontra longicaudis (Olfers, 1818) in Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests (Caatinga) of 10 river basins in northeastern Brazil, reporting the first records of the species in five of them. The species was not found in river basins totally inserted in Caatinga, nor where Caatinga borders Cerrado (Piauí state), indicating a gap in the species distribution. We report the first otter occurrence in Piauí, in the Cerrado biome of the southern part of the state. The relevance of these results for Neotropical Otter conservation is discussed, and an update of the species distribution map is proposed.
Keywords
Caatinga; semi-arid; Lutrinae; Near Threatened species; geographic distribution; conservation; occurrence