First record of Wild Boar (<em>Sus scrofa Linnaeus</em>, 1758) in Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Maranhão state, northern Brazil

Check List 15(5): 915-919, doi: 10.15560/15.5.915

First record of Wild Boar (Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758) in Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Maranhão state, northern Brazil

Gilberto Nepomuceno Salvador^‡, Nathali Garcia Ristau^§, Isabel Sanches da Silva^§, André Valle Nunes^|

‡ Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil§ Instituto Amares, São Luís, Brazil| Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Brazil

Corresponding author: Gilberto Nepomuceno Salvador ( curimata_gilbert@hotmail.com )

Academic editor: Átilla Colombo Ferreguetti

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Abstract

The Wild Boar is one of the world’s most dangerous invasive species. It is now established in many regions beyond its native range, including many Brazilian states. However, the species has never been recorded from the Brazilian state of Maranhão. Here, we report the first occurrence of this species from Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, within the municipality of Barrerinhas, Maranhão state. We discuss the negative effects of this introduction on native species, including the problem with predation of nests of an endangered turtle species by Wild Boar.

Keywords

Biological invasions, Brazilian National Park, invasive species, predation