© Check List weir oN CC tS biodiversity data on: Vee NOTES ON GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION Check List 14 (2): 357-361 oS https://doi.org/10.15560/14.2.357 PENSUFT. New records of the Kinkajou, Potos flavus (Schreber, 1774) (Mammalia, Carnivora) in the Cerrado Jefferson Eduardo Silveira Miranda,' Fabiano Rodrigues de Melo,'*:+° Marluci Baldo Fachi,! Seixas Rezende Oliveira,° Ricardo Keichi Umetsu! 1 State University of Mato Grosso, Nova Xavantina, Postgraduate Program in Ecology and Conservation, BR 158 - km 65, MT, Brazil 78690000. 2 Associate Professor II, Institute of Biosciences, Federal University of Goias, Regional Jatai, Jatai, GO, Brazil 75801615. 3 Visiting Professor, Vicosa Federal University, Department of Forest Engineering, Avenida Purdue, s/n°, Campus Universitario, Edif. Reinaldo de Jesus Araujo, Vicosa, MG, Brazil 36570000. 4 Muriqui Institute for Biodiversity, Euclydes Etiene Arreguy Filho, 102/Apt 303 Centro, Caratinga, MG, Brazil 35-300372. 5 Brazilian Coordinator of the Primate Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, International Union for Conservation of Nature (PSG/SSC/ IUCN). 6 Postgraduate Program in Biodiversity and Conservation, Goiano Federal Institute, Rio Verde, Campus Rio Verde, Rodovia Sul Goiana km 01, s/n, Zona rural, Rio Verde, GO, Brazil, 75906-844. Corresponding author: Fabiano Rodrigues de Melo, fabiano_melo@ufg.br Abstract We provide new records of Potos flavus from 2 localities in the states of Goias and Mato Grosso, central Brazil. These records extend the geographical distribution of this species in the Cerrado biome and highlights the importance of future research on this species. These new distributional data may contribute to a re-evaluation of its conservation Status. Key words Goias; Central Plateau; Cerrado; central Brazil; roadkill; Procyonidae. Academic editor: Guilherme Garbino | Received 15 November 2017 | Accepted 15 January 2018 | Published 23 March 2018 Citation: Miranda JES, Melo FR, Fachi MB, Oliveira SR, Umetsu RK (2018) New records of the kinkajou, Potos flavus (Schreber, 1774) (Mammalia, Carnivora) in the Brazilian Savanna. Check List 14 (2): 357-361. https://doi.org/10.15560/14.2.357 Introduction this is complemented by seeds, flowers, honey, and some insects (Ford and Hoffmann 1988, Kays 1999, Kays et al. The Kinkajou, Potos flavus (Schreber 1774) (Mammalia, Carnivora, Procyonidae), lives in the tropical rainforests and dry forests with closed canopy. It is a small pro- cyonid having nocturnal and arboreal habits (Kays 1999, Sampaio et al. 2013). Potos flavus has rounded ears, a long and flexible tongue, prehensile tail, and woolly fur (Ford and Hoffmann 1988). Pelage coloration is predomi- nantly reddish but some individuals may have a sagittal grey band along the back (Ford and Hoffmann 1988). It is a frugivore/omnivore (Emmons and Feer 1997, Paglia et al. 2012), because most of its diet consists of fruit, but 2008). Reproduction occurs at intervals of 1 or 2 years and females give birth to 1 offspring (Kays and Gittleman 2001, Wilson and Reeder 2005, Wilson and Mittermeier 2009, Sampaio et al. 2013). Typical of tropical environments (Ford and Hoff- mann 1988), this species occurs in forested areas in the Americas, from southern Mexico to the Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil (Ford and Hoffmann 1988, Kays et al. 2008, Helgen et al. 2016). It is apparently abundant in the Amazon, with its occurrences in anthropized areas (Sam- paio et al. 2013). Gonzaga and Rajao (2002) compiled Copyright Miranda etal. This isan open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. 358 60°0'0"W © §6Points | Cerrado Datum: WGS 84 Check List 14 (2) 54°0'0"W 20°0'0"S 15°0'0"S 10°0'0"S 25°0'0"S 500 1.000 2.000 Km Figure 1. Occurrences of Potos flavus in central Brazil. Localities 1-3 represent new or unpublished records reported herein. Localities 4 -10 represent previously known occurrences. See Table 1 for locality names, geographic coordinates, and sources of the data. records of P. flavus in the Atlantic Forest for the Brazilian states of Alagoas, Bahia, Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro. Because there are a few historical records of P. flavus for the Cerrado of Mato Grosso (Cope 1989, Ford and Hoffmann 1998), this species was determined to be Data Deficient for the Cerrado (Sampaio et al. 2013). The occurrence of P. flavus in the Cerrado is based only on historical records, some of them very imprecise, as shown by Vieira (1952). To make clearer the distri- bution of P. flavus in the Cerrado, we present new and historical records for the species in this biome. Methods Our new record of P. flavus was made during a wildlife roadkill program in southeastern Goias in March 2014. We add unpublished records of this species from the follow- ing sources: the collection of the Ornithological Museum Foundation of Goiadnia, and the Collection of Mammals of the Mato Grosso State University (UNEMAT). The region where our roadkill specimen was found is classified as Aw of Koppen (Silva et al. 2008), with a rainy season (October to April) and a dry season (May to September) (Silva et al. 2006). Results New records (Fig. 1). Goias: near Mineiros city: road- kill, on the BR-364 highway (17°35'34" S, 052°28'59" W), coll. Jefferson E. S. Miranda, Fabiano R. Melo and Seixas R. Oliveira, March 2014 (1 individual, not vouch- ered). The body was badly damaged, but with intact paws and tail, which helped us with the identification (Fig. 2). The surroundings of the record area are formed Table 1. Occurrences of Potos flavus in some regions of Brazil. The occurrence number corresponds to the numbered dots in Figure 1. Datum for geographic coordinates: WGS84. CO Geographiccoordinates i ists—<‘sSS Source No. Locality State 1 Goias 2 BR 158, Aragarcas Goias 3 Nova Xavantina Mato Grosso 4 Ribeirado Cascalheira Mato Grosso 5 Fazenda Tanguro, Queréncia Mato Grosso 6 Parque Estadual Cristalino Mato Grosso 7 RPPN “Dr. Marcos Vidigal Vasconcelos”, Tombos Minas Gerais 8 Além Paraiba Minas Gerais 9 Passos Minas Gerais 10 Chapada dos Guimaraes Mato Grosso 11. Cocalinho Mato Grosso Goias Longitude 52°28'59"W 52°14'30"W 52°20'41"W 51°46’00” W 52°22 00” W 55°54’41"W 42°04'19" W 42°43'38"W 45°37'00"W 55°40’28" W 51°40’30" W 48°56'35" W Latitude 017°35'34"S 015°54’09"S 014°41'24"S 012°49'00"S 012°54’00"S 009°31'38"S 020°53’44"S 021°49'46"S 020°43’00"S 015°28'04"S 014°04'13"S 016°20'09"S BR 364, Mineiros New record Historial record Historial record Pine et al. 1970 Oliveira et al. 2010 Rocha et al. 2012 Melo et al. 2005 Gonzaga and Rajao, 2002 Gonzaga and Rajao, 2002 Smith, 1885 Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la Ville de Genéve Gilmore 1936 12. Anapolis Miranda et al. | New records of Potos flavus in the Cerrado 52°30'0"W Mineiros Jatai == Highway Counties 0 75 150 300 ees 1 Goias Datum: WGS84 | Forest vegetation Eis) 52°28'30"W 52°27'0"W 17°34'30"S 17°36'0"S Pasture 17°37'30"S (a Sanitary Landfills | Water _ Agriculture ee Highway @ Kinkajou Figure 3. Habitats and land use at the site of the new record (BR-364 highway, Goias, Brazil). by pasture, agriculture, and a seemingly well-preserved vegetation (Fig. 3). Historical records. Goias: Aragarcas, coll. José Hidasi, 1953 (1 skin, Ornithological Museum Foundation, in the city of Goiania 1120) (J. Hidasi pers. comm.). Mato Grosso: Nova Xavantina: roadkill, on the BR-158 near the urban area of the city (14°41'24" S, 052°20'41" W), coll. P. Matos, April 2015 (1 skin, female, UNEMAT CM679). Identification. The road-killed specimen was identified as Potos flavus from its predominantly reddish pelage col- oration, including muzzle and legs. However, one should not only consider the pelage color alone when differenti- ating Potos from other procyonid genera (Sampaio et al. 2011). In addition, it had a prehensile tail, a distinct trait that allowed us to differentiate between Potos flavus and Bassaricyon alleni Thomas, 1880, a similar species that also occurs in Brazil and whose morphological character- istics usually lead to misidentifications in the field (Cheida et al. 2011, Sampaio et al. 2011, Sampaio et al. 2013). Discussion Gonzaga and Rajao (2002) suggested that the limits of occurrence of P. flavus in the Atlantic Forest might be extended to the north and south with further studies. Melo et al. (2005) corroborated this hypothesis with records in Figure 2. Potos flavus. Roadkill on the BR-364 highway (17°35’34" S, 052°28'59" W), Goias, Brazil, March 2014. the Amazon and Atlantic Forest and that the central areas were important for the evolution of mammals; for some species, connections between the main biomes may have been more recent (Costa 2003). The distribution of P. flavus described by Sampaio et al. (2013) differs from the IUCN map (Kays et al. 2008, Helgen et al. 2016), which does not place this species within the Cerrado. This is probably because at that time there were no recent records of P. flavus in this biome. In this sense, there are 2 points to be considered. First, there are historical records from transition areas between the Cerrado and other biomes, such as 360 the records from Cocalinho and Chapada dos Guimaraes (both in Mato Grosso), as well as 5 records from Ana- polis (Goias) in 1937. The record of Cocalinho, (Fig. 1, point 11), collected in 1774, is based on a skin deposited in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de la Ville de Geneve (Geneva, Swizterland). From Chapada dos Guimaraes (Fig. 1, point 10), there are 2 specimens in the American Museum of Natural History (New York, USA), both col- lected in 1885, 1 male and 1 of an unidentified sex. The 5 records from Anapolis are based on specimens collected in 1937 deposited in the American Museum of Natural History (Fig. 1, point 12). These records should be con- sidered in future assessments of the conservation status of Potos flavus in the Cerrado. Second, our new records should be used to reassess the conservation status and distribution of P. flavus, as these records confirm the continued existence of this species in the Cerrado. Thus, a re-evaluation of the conservation status of P. flavus in the Cerrado might determine that this Species in this biome may belong to one of the Red List categories for threatened species (IUCN 2012). In addi- tion, the known distribution map of the species must be changed to include this biome as the current occurrence area. Thus, our study confirms the continued existence of P. flavus in the Cerrado, indicating that despite being a region occupied by monoculture, we can still find areas in good state of preservation, which need to be further explored. In addition, this study also reinforces the hypothesis that deciduous forests in the interior of the country were and still are characterized as important con- nections from the recent past that greatly influenced the processes of speciation of the fauna present in our tropi- cal forests (Willis 1992, Costa 2003). Finally, we suggest that surveys for records of the Species must be carried out, mainly in the region of the basins of the Tocantins and Araguaia rivers, which it seems that this region of the Cerrado includes the most records of P. flavus that it was found in the literature until now. However, searching the species in other forested areas of the Cerrado is important to enhance its know- ledge and to evaluate how many populations there are and point out their sizes. Only after additional study will it be possible to reassess the conservation status of P. flavus and, consequently, to prioritize steps for its conservation in the Cerrado. Acknowledgements We thank Dr José Hidasi, Dr Kleber Pereira (Federal Uni- versity of Goias, UFG), Dr Fabiana C.S.A. Melo (UFG), Diego A. Silva, and many other studentsfrom the UFG that helped us. We also thank FAPEG for financial support (process 201210267001062, FAPEG Edital no. 005/12) and the FGG for providing logistical support, in name of Alessandro Martins (formal director of Regional Jatai). Ricardo Sampaio, José Serrano, and Guilherme Garbino provided very helpful comments and suggestions. Check List 14 (2) Authors’ Contributions JESM and FRM collected the data, MBF drew the map. JESM, FRM, MBF, SRO and RKU wrote the text. 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