Check List 13(3): e19731, doi: 10.15560/13.3.2129
Medium-sized to large mammals of Serra do Tombador, Cerrado of Brazil
expand article infoRodolfo Cabral‡, Marina Zanin§, Grasiela Porfírio|, Daniel Brito
‡ Fundo Brasileiro para a Biodiversidade, Rua Voluntários da Pátria, 286 5º andar, Botafogo, CEP: 22270-014, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, Brazil§ Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Centro de Ciências Humanas e Naturais, Departamento de Biologia, Brazil| Programa de Pós-Graduação de Ciências Ambientais e Sustentabilidade Agropecuária, Universidade Católica Dom Bosco, Av. Tamandaré, 6000, Jardim Seminário, CEP: 79117-900, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil, Brazil¶ Universidade Federal de Goiás, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Ecologia, Av. Esperança, s/n, Campus Samambaia, CEP: 74690-900 Goiânia, Goiás, Brasil, Brazil

Corresponding author: Marina Zanin ( marinazaning@gmail.com )

© 2017 Rodolfo Cabral, Marina Zanin, Grasiela Porfírio, Daniel Brito.
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Citation: Zanin M, Cabral R, Porfirio G, Brito D (2017) Medium-sized to large mammals of Serra do Tombador, Cerrado of Brazil. Check List 13(3): 2129. https://doi.org/10.15560/13.3.2129
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Abstract
The Cerrado is the second largest biome of Brazil and one of the most threatened, mainly due to habitat conversion and agricultural expansion. At the same time, the fauna of the Cerrado is poorly known. In this study, undertaken from April to July of 2012, we provide a checklist of the medium-sized to large mammals recorded by camera traps in the Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Serra do Tombador, a private protected area located in northern Goiás state. With a total effort of 2,340 camera-days, we recorded 17 species including rare and threatened species, among them jaguar (Panthera onca), giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus), tapir (Tapirus terrestris) and giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla). Our results suggest that the surveyed protected area has importance in the conservation of mammals in the Cerrado.
Keywords
carnivores; Felidae; private natural heritage reserve; Chapada dos Veadeiros