First record of Sylvilagus brasiliensis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lagomorpha: Leporidae) in Rio Grande do Norte state, Northeast Brazil

By

Dantas, Ana Raquel Carvalho
Menezes, Fernando Heberson
Serra, Kalyl Silvino
Barbosa, Edja Daise Oliveira
Fernandes-Ferreira, Hugo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016-3-15

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

12

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

1856--4

Subjects

Caatinga , Distribution , Mammals , Tapeti

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/12.2.1856

 

Abstract

We document the first record of Sylvilagus brasiliensis (Linnaeus, 1758) in Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil. An adult individual was photographed in October 2015 in the municipality of João Câmara. This is the northernmost report of this species for the Caatinga biome. This article also represents important data for the Rio Grande do Norte, since the mammal diversity of this state is practically unknown.