Mammalia, Estação Ecológica do Panga, a Cerrado protected area in Minas Gerais state, Brazil

By

Bruna, Emilio M.
Guimarães, Juliane Fernandes
Lopes, Cauê T.
Duarte, Polyanna
Gomes, Ana Cláudia Lemos
Belentani, Sônia Cristina S.
Pacheco, Renata
Facure, Kátia Gomes
Lemos, Frederico G.
Vasconcelos, Heraldo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2010-10-1

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

6

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

668--675

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/6.4.668

 

Abstract

We present a species list of the mammals of the Estação Ecológica do Panga, a 404 ha Cerrado reserve in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Using methods ranging from camera traps to direct observations, we documented 46 species in the reserve. Among medium and large-sized mammals, the order Carnivora was the most commonly observed (N=12 species). The highest relative frequencies of observation were of Mazama guazoubira and Cerdocyon thous. Pecari tajacu was the most frequent species in camera traps. Over the course of 7320 trap nights there were 105 captures of small mammals from seven species, with an overall capture rate of 1.6 %. The highest capture rates were for the marsupial Gracilinanus agilis, with Calomys tener the most commonly caught rodent. Our survey suggests that many of the Cerrado’s mammal species can persist in landscapes that are a mosaic of natural areas and some types of agriculture.