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| B“lla, D.A.S.; Ceron, K.; Carvalho, F.; de Mattia, D.L.; Ribeiro Luiz, M.; Arcaro Panatta, K.; Dias Pavei, D.; Avila Mendon‡a, R.; Zocche, J.J. | |
| Terrestrial Mammals of Southern Santa Catarina: Medium, large mammals and bats | |
| 2017 Revista Tecnologica e Ambiente (23): 61-78 | |
For the states that compose the Brazil region, Santa Catarina is the one with the smallest terrestrial mammals knowledge, being this characteristic even more accentuated in southern of this state, where few studies had been carried out. The present study gives an updated list of medium and large-sized terrestrial mammals and of bats with confirmed occurrence by municipality of South region to Santa Catarina state, Brazil. To record the taxa, sampling protocols were used in the field. The bibliographic record of occurrence of the taxa was based on articles, dissertations and monographs got on online database. A total of 10 orders and 62 species was recorded for the region, being Chiroptera the richest (n = 29 spp.), followed by Carnivora (n = 12spp.), Artiodactyla e Rodentia (n = 5 spp. each). Among the species recorded, 14 are classified at least in one of the threats categories. The Southern region of Santa Catarina has great importance for the conservation of the mammals sheltering both forest and open-environment species, which characterizes as ecotone between the Altitude Fields (Campos de Altitude) and Coastal Plain (Plan¡cie Costeira), at the same time that it works as dispersion corridor for mammals of Southern region. |
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