Check List 17(5): 1353-1358, doi: 10.15560/17.5.1353
The reappearance of Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771) (Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae) in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
expand article infoJorge Antônio Lourenço Pontes‡, Rafael Andrada de Araújo Martins§, Luiz Eduardo Mendonça Regio|, Mário Luiz Gomes Soares, Filipe de Oliveira Chaves#, Helena Godoy Bergallo#
‡ Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ensino de Ciências, Ambiente e Sociedade - PPGEAS / FFP / UERJ, São Gonçalo, Brazil§ Curso de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Zoologia de Vertebrados, Centro Universitário São José, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil| UERJ, São Gonçalo, Brazil¶ Núcleo de Estudos em Manguezais, Faculdade de Oceanografia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil# Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Corresponding author: Jorge Antônio Lourenço Pontes ( pontesjal@hotmail.com )

Academic editor: Guilherme Garbino
© Jorge Antônio Lourenço Pontes, Rafael Andrada de Araújo Martins, Luiz Eduardo Mendonça Regio, Mário Luiz Gomes Soares, Filipe de Oliveira Chaves, Helena Godoy Bergallo.
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Citation: Pontes JAL, Martins RAA, Regio LEM, Soares MLG, Chaves FO, Bergallo HG (2021) The reappearance of Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771) (Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae) in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Check List 17(5): 1353-1358. https://doi.org/10.15560/17.5.1353
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Abstract
Large mammals, especially felids such as Mountain Lion, Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771), are disappearing from their original habitats, due to the loss of natural areas and hunting, especially in the metropolitan regions. In the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, P. concolor had not been observed for almost a century, despite the city having forest fragments as large as 10,000 ha. Here we present records that confirm the reappearance of this species in the city of Rio de Janeiro, where it has been considered extirpated.
Keywords
Atlantic Forest, extirpation, metropolitan region, protected areas, wild cats