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| Pacheco, V.; Cadenillas, R.; Salas, E.; Tello, C.; Zeballos, H. | |
| Diversidad y endemismo de los mam¡feros del Per£ | |
| 2009 Revista Peruana de Biologia (16): 5-32 | |
We present an annotated list for all land, aquatic and marine mammals known to occur in Peru and their distribution by ecoregions. We also present species conservation status according to international organizations and the legal conservation status in Peru. At present, we record 508 species, in 13 orders, 50 families, and 218 genera, making Peru the third most diverse country with regards to mammals in the New World, after Brazil and Mexico, and the fifth most diverse country for mammals in the World. This diversity includes 40 didelphimorphs, 2 paucituberculates, 1 manatee, 6 cingulates, 7 pilosa, 39 primates, 162 rodents, 1 rabbit, 2 soricomorphs, 165 bats, 34 carnivores, 2 perissodactyls, and 47 cetartiodactyls. Bats and rodents (327 species) represent almost two thirds of total diversity (64%) for Peru. Five genera and 65 species (12.8%) are endemics to Peru, with the majority of these being rodents (45 species, 69,2%). Most of the endemic species are restricted to the Yungas of the eastern slope of the Andes (39 species, 60%) followed by Selva Baja (14 species, 21.5%). The taxonomic status of some species is commented on, when those depart from accepted taxonomy. The marsupial _Marmosa phaea_; the rodents _Melanomys caliginosus_, _M. robustulus_, and _Echinoprocta rufescens_; the shrew _Cryptotis equatoris_; the bats _Anoura fistulata_, _Phyllostomus latifolius_, _Artibeus ravus_, _Cynomops greenhalli_, _Eumops maurus_, and _Rhogeessa velilla_; and the carnivore _Nasuella olivacea _are first records of species occurrence in Peru. Finally, we also include a list of 15 non-native species. |
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