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| Kasper, C.B.; Mazim, F.D.; Soares, J.B.G.; de Oliveira, T.G.; Fabian, M.E. | |
| Composi‡Æo e abundƒncia relativa dos mam¡feros de m‚dio e grande porte no Parque Estadual do Turvo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil | |
| 2007 Revista Brasileira de Zoologia (24): 1087-1100 | |
Between January of 2005 and December of 2006, studies on the composition and relative abundance of medium and large sized mammals were carried out in Turvo State Park. Records came from camera-trapping, in addition to visualization and presence and absence data from track surveys along pre determined transects. At total, 29 species of medium-large sized mammals were listed. Of these, _Dasyprocta azarae _Lichtenstein, 1823 and S_ylvilagus brasiliensis _(Linnaeus, 1758) were the most frequently found. For carnivores, the majority of records were for _Nasua nasua _(Linnaeus, 1766) and _Leopardus pardalis _(Linnaeus, 1758), whereas _Leopardus tigrinus _(Schreber, 1775), _Leopardus wiedii _(Schinz, 1782) and _Galictis cuja _(Molina 1782), had the least. Among the ungulates, only _Pecari tajacu _(Linnaeus, 1758) showed frequent records_, _ranking fourth overall. Some species, common to other environments, showed few records at Turvo State Park, such as _Dasypus novemcinctus _Linnaeus, 1758 and _Didelphis albiventris _Lund, 1840. Data was suggestive of the probable local extinction of _Tayassu pecari_(Link, 1795) in the Park. The conservation of the medium and large sized mammals of this conservation area is strongly associated with the conservation of the "Misiones Green Corridor", which probably represents a source area for many species. |
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