Commented list of the mammals of Morro do Coco, RS: subsidy for the dissemination and conservation of the natural heritage

• Autor(a) principal: Cademartori, Cristina Vargas
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Outros Autores: Marques, Rosane Vera, Pires, Daniel Paulo de Souza, Cabral, Tiago Corrales, Silveira, Everton Conceição da, Lima, Camila Silveira de, Dellagnese, Diana Gonçalves, Silva, Alexandre Rodrigues da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Mouseion (Canoas)
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.unilasalle.edu.br/index.php/Mouseion/article/view/30
• topic: Mammals; Biodiversity conservation; Atlantic Forest Domain; Mamíferos; Conservação da biodiversidade; Domínio Mata da Atlântica; Mastofauna; Morro do coco; Patrimônio Cultural

Brazil is one of the 17 countries with greatest biodiversity, therefore, considered megadiverse. Although being the country with the highest species richness of mammals in the world, is the fourth with respect to number of threatened species. With the aim to contribute to knowledge about the mammals of Rio Grande do Sul and its conservation, we did a survey of mammalian species occurring at Morro do Coco, one of the last forest remnants in the Metropolitan Region of Porto Alegre. Using different techniques and sampling methods over two years, with monthly expeditions, we found 28 species of mammals, seven of which are threatened with extinction in Rio Grande do Sul.