Bats from the Pedra Branca Forest, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Tavares, Jonatas Amorim; Novaes, Roberto Leonan Morim; Veríssimo, Iuri; Kuzel, Maria Alice do Amaral; Costa-Neto, Sócrates Fraga da; Rangel, Caroline Lacorte; Borges, Mylena; Medrado, Helena; Alves, Bruno; Souza, Renan de França; Menezes, Ana Carolina Duarte Pinto; Menezes-Júnior, Luis Fernando; Dias, Daniela; Andreazzi, Cecilia S.; Gentile, Rosana; Moratelli, Ricardo

doi:10.3897/bdj.9.e77400

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“…of mammals from different orders are known to occur in the region of the Pedra Branca Forest ( Secretaria do Meio Ambiente 2013 , Gentile et al 2018 , Pontes et al 2021 , Tavares et al 2021 ). However, standardised efforts were focused on bats, rodents and marsupials ( Gentile et al 2018 , Tavares et al 2021 ). Records of medium- and large-sized mammals were based on occasional observations.…”

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Medium- and large-sized mammals from Estação Biológica Fiocruz Mata Atlântica, Rio de Janeiro, south-eastern Brazil

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Cupolillo²,

Jorge³

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The Pedra Branca Forest is in a highly urbanised region of the central portion of Rio de Janeiro City and comprises the largest urban forest in the world (> 12,000 ha). The local flora and fauna are protected by three conservation units and the Estação Biológica Fiocruz Mata Atlântica (EFMA), which comprises 462 hectares on the east side of the remnant. The local biodiversity is still little known compared to other Atlantic Forest remnants from the Rio de Janeiro State. Here, we provide results of a survey of medium- and large-sized terrestrial mammals from the EFMA. In addition, we analysed the distribution of this fauna along three habitat types defined as Peridomicile, Transitional Forest and Forest Core. Sampling was performed from 2017 to 2020 and comprised a camera-trap survey, interviews with residents and local workers and occasional records. Results include occurrence records for 16 autochthonous and one allochthonous (Callithrix sp.) wild mammals, which are distributed into 14 families and seven orders, in addition to the presence of free-ranging domestic dogs and cats. Four species are in some category of threat of extinction at national or global levels. Amongst them, Leontopithecus rosalia (first record for the Rio de Janeiro City in more than a century) and Leopardus guttulus are classified as Vulnerable by IUCN. Most wild native species were registered in the three habitat types, but with differences in the frequency of records. Our results indicate that the presence of domestic dogs and cats influenced the species composition in each area, with Nasua nasua, Dasyprocta leporina and Didelphis aurita less frequent in places where domestic dogs and cats are more frequent. This is the first systematic effort to understand the occurrence and distribution of mid- and large-sized mammals in the Pedra Branca Forest.

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“…Studies with mammals in the Pedra Branca Forest that used systematised sampling were only conducted for the small-sized species, including bats, rodents and marsupials ( Gentile et al 2018 , Tavares et al 2021 ). Thus, the few records of mid- and large-sized mammals that exist for this region are the result of occasional observations.…”

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confidence: 99%