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da Costa-Pinto AL, Bovendorp RS, Bocchiglieri A, Caccavo A, Delciellos AC, Malhado AC, de Almeida AKR, Braga C, Loretto D, Câmara EMVC, Menezes FH, Guilhon G, Paise G, Sobral G, Varjão ICG, Ferreira JVA, da Silva Oliveira L, Geise L, Pereira LCM, Corrêa MRJ, Nicola PA, Guedes PG, Becker RG, Barreto RMF, da Silva SSP, Orsini VS, Ladle RJ. Small mammals from the Caatinga: A dataset for the Brazilian semiarid biome. Ecology 2023; 104:e3879. [PMID: 36214050 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2022] [Revised: 08/04/2022] [Accepted: 08/05/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
Abstract
The Caatinga is an exclusively Brazilian biome, and is the largest and most biodiverse Seasonal Tropical Dry Forest in the world. Despite that, the mammalian fauna, especially small mammals, is the least studied of all Brazilian biomes. In order to fill gaps and provide detailed information on small mammals (Didelphimorphia, Rodentia) in the Caatinga biome, we compiled reliable records focusing on richness, composition and some biometric data. These records came from mammal collections, papers, theses, books, and unpublished data, prioritizing records with vouchers housed in scientific collections. We compiled a total of 3133 records from 816 locations, resulting in a richness of 47 native species (12 marsupials and 35 rodents, plus three exotic rodents, Rattus rattus, Rattus norvegicus, and Mus musculus). This dataset includes records of three new species for the biome and its transition zone: the rodents Calomys mattevii, Holochilus oxe, and Nectomys squamipes. Of the total number of records, 1808 (57.71%) are from consulting activities, 95 (3.03%) are from zoonoses studies and 104 (3.32%) are from the National Plague Service (SNP). All nine Brazilian states with territory in the Caatinga have sampling data for small mammals, but the number of records and localities are unevenly distributed, with the state of Rio Grande do Norte having the lowest number of records and locations sampled. Our dataset is the first of its kind for the Caatinga biome and has considerable potential value for studies of habitat use, landscape ecology, macroecology, biogeography, and conservation. There are no copyright restrictions on the data. Please cite this data paper when the data are used in publications. We also request that researchers and teachers inform us of how they are using the data.
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Affiliation(s)
- Anna Ludmilla da Costa-Pinto
- Museu de História Natural, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, Brazil.,Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, PPG Ecologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz/UESC, Ilhéus, Brazil
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- PPG Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão, Brazil
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- Museu de História Natural do Ceará Prof. Dias da Rocha Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Pacoti, Brazil.,Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Mastozoologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,PPG Ecologia e Evolução, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, Brazil
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- Coleção de Mamíferos, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil.,PPG Sistemática, Uso e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil
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- PPG Ecologia e Recursos Naturais, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil.,PPG Ciências Ambientais e Conservação, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Macaé, Brazil
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- Bicho do Mato Meio Ambiente Ltda, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Coleção de Mamíferos, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil.,PPG Sistemática, Uso e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia de Mamíferos, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato, Brazil
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- Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Centro de Conservação e Manejo de Fauna da Caatinga/Cemafauna, Petrolina, Brazil.,Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Petrolina, Brazil
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- Centro de Conservação e Manejo de Fauna da Caatinga/Cemafauna, Petrolina, Brazil.,Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Petrolina, Brazil
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- Centro de Conservação e Manejo de Fauna da Caatinga/Cemafauna, Petrolina, Brazil.,Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Petrolina, Brazil
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- Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Centro de Conservação e Manejo de Fauna da Caatinga/Cemafauna, Petrolina, Brazil.,Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Petrolina, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biodiversidade, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Evolução e Meio Ambiente - UFOP, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Brazil
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- Centro de Conservação e Manejo de Fauna da Caatinga/Cemafauna, Petrolina, Brazil.,Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Petrolina, Brazil
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- Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Instituto Resgatando o Verde, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Associação de Pesquisa e Conservação de Ambientes Aquáticos/AQUASIS, Caucaia, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, Brazil.,TROPIBIO, CIBIO, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
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Santos PM, Bocchiglieri A, Chiarello AG, Paglia AP, Moreira A, de Souza AC, Abba AM, Paviolo A, Gatica A, Medeiro AZ, Costa AN, Gallina AG, Yanosky AA, Jesus A, Bertassoni A, Rocha A, Bovo AAA, Bager A, Mol AC, Martensen AC, Faustino AC, Lopes AMC, Percequillo AR, Vogliotti A, Keuroghlian A, de la Colina MA, Devlin AL, García-Olaechea A, Sánchez A, Srbek-Araujo AC, Ochoa AC, Oliveira ACM, Lacerda ACR, Campelo AKN, de Oliveira Paschoal AM, Costa ARC, Meiga AYY, Jesus AS, Feijó A, Hirsch A, da Silva ALF, Botelho ALM, Regolin AL, Lanna AM, Nunes AV, Kindel A, Moraes AM, Gatti A, Noss AJ, Nobre AB, Montanarin A, Deffaci ÂC, de Albuquerque ACF, de Oliveira AK, Mangione AM, Pontes ARM, Bertoldi AT, Calouro AM, Desbiez ALJ, Fernandes A, Ferreguetti AC, da Silva MAA, Zimbres B, Luciano BFL, de Thoisy B, Niebuhr BBS, Papi B, Gómez-Valencia B, Santos BA, Lima BC, Oliveira BG, Santos BS, Campos BATP, Leles B, de Albuquerque França BR, Lim B, Oliveira CT, Cantagallo C, Lara CC, Lima CS, Gestich CC, de Melo-Soares CD, Peres CA, Kasper CB, Candia-Gallardo C, De Angelo C, Fragoso CE, de Freitas CH, Salvador CH, Brocardo CR, Melo CD, Leuchtenberger C, Braga C, Sánchez-Lalinde C, Bueno C, Luna CL, Rojano C, Hurtado CM, Dos Santos CC, Tellaeche C, Rosa C, de Campos CB, Silva CR, Kanda CZ, Jenkins CN, McDonough C, Trinca CT, da Cunha CJ, Widmer CE, Santos C, Buscariol D, Carreira DC, Carvalho DR, da Silva Ferraz D, Casali D, Thornton D, Vasconcellos DR, Barcelos D, Brown D, Ramos DL, Moreira DO, Yogui DR, Faria D, Sana DA, de Mattia DL, Henz DJ, Friedeberg DB, Carvalho DLKP, Astúa D, Queirolo D, Varela DM, Eaton DP, Dias DM, Rivadeneira EF, Rocha EC, de Abreu-Júnior EF, Carrano E, Santos EM, Setz EZF, Carvalho EAR, de Almeida Chiquito E, de Matos Cardoso E, Mendonça EN, D'Bastiani E, Vieira EM, Ramalho EE, Guijosa-Guadarrama E, González E, Maggiorini EV, Fischer E, Aguiar EF, Castro ÉP, de la Peña-Cuéllar E, de Castro EBV, Brítez EB, Vanderhoeven EA, Pedó E, Rocha FL, Girardi F, de Oliveira Roque F, Mazim FD, de Barros FM, Martello F, Fantacini FM, Pedrosa F, Peters FB, Abra FD, de Azevedo FC, da Silva Santos F, da Silva FG, Teixeira FZ, Perini FA, Passos FC, Carvalho F, de Azevedo FCC, de Pinho FF, Gonçalves F, Lima F, Contreras-Moreno FM, Pedroni F, Tortato FR, Santos FPR, Caruso F, Tirelli FP, Miranda FR, Rodrigues FHG, Ubaid FK, Palmeira FBL, da Silva FA, Grotta-Neto F, de Souza FL, Costa FE, Pérez-Garduza F, Delsuc F, Lemos F, Pinto FR, Boaglio GI, Massocato GF, Preuss G, Hofmann GS, Aguiar GL, Oliveira GS, Duarte GT, Beca G, Giné GAF, Batista GO, Gil GE, Gonsioroski G, Secco H, Medeiros HR, Coelho IP, Franceschi IC, Bernardi I, de la Torre JA, Zocche JJ, Seibert JB, de Faria Falcão JC, Dias JHM, Nodari JZ, Oliveira JA, Giovanelli JGR, Favoretti JPP, Polisar J, Sponchiado J, Cherem JJ, Ramírez JFM, de Toledo JJ, Duarte JMB, de Matos JR, Arrabal JP, de Faria Oshima JE, Ribeiro JF, Bogoni JA, Pacheco JJC, Schuchmann KL, Ferraz KMPMB, Dos Santos Everton L, Bailey LL, Gonçalves LO, Cullen L, de Andrade LR, Trevelin LC, Bonjorne L, de Almeida Rodrigues L, Leuzinger L, Perillo LN, Araújo LS, Hufnagel L, Ribeiro LO, Bernardo LRR, Oliveira-Santos LGR, Varzinczak LH, Borges LHM, Guimarães LN, Möcklinghoff L, Oliveira MA, Magioli M, de Assis Jardim MM, de Oliveira ML, Tortato MA, Dums M, Iezzi ME, Pereira MJR, Jorge ML, de Castro Morini MS, Landis MB, Xavier MS, Barros MAS, da Silva ML, Rivero M, Zanin M, Marques MI, Alves MH, Di Bitetti MS, Alvarez MR, Graipel ME, Godoi MN, Benedetti MA, Beltrão MG, Monteiro MCM, de Paula MJ, Perilli MLL, da Silva MP, Villar N, De Albuquerque NM, Canassa NF, Filho NM, da Rosa Oliveira N, Pasqualotto N, Cáceres NC, Attias N, Favarini MO, Ribeiro OS, Gonçalves PR, da Rocha PA, Condé PA, Akkawi P, Cruz P, Lira PK, Ferreira PM, Arroyo-Gerala P, Hartmann PA, de Tarso Zuquim Antas P, Marinho PH, de Faria Peres PH, Peña-Mondragón JL, Lombardi PM, de Souza Laurindo R, Alves RSC, Grangeiro RDP, Silva RL, Beltrão-Mendes R, Bonikowski RTR, Reppucci J, Arrais RC, Sampaio R, Sartorello R, Bovendorp RS, McNab R, Hack ROE, Magalhães RA, Araújo RC, de Almeida Nobre R, Pérez RRL, Massara RL, de Paula RC, Anleu RG, Marques RV, Dornas R, Rolim SG, Cavalcanti SMC, Lima SR, Ballari SA, Santamaría SB, Silva SM, Age SG, Godim T, Sobral-Souza T, Maccarini TB, Rodrigues TF, Piovezan U, Tavares VDC, Quiroga VA, Krepschi VG, Filho VP, Bastazini VAG, de Oliveira Gasparotto VP, Orsini VS, Layme VMG, Hannibal W, Dáttilo W, de Carvalho WD, Loughry WJ, Di Blanco YE, Núñez-Regueiro MM, Giubbina MF, Passamani M, de Alagão Querido LC, da Costa Toledo GA, Ribeiro IK, Quintilham L, de Bustos S, de la Maza J, Neto JFL, de Andrade Silva KVK, Sartorello L, Rampim LE, Marás GA, Camino M, Freitas-Junior M, Perovic PG, Paolino RM, Ferreira SD, Towns V, Esperandio IB, Aximoff I, Beduschi J, Guenther M, de Cassia Bianchi R, Keuroghlian-Eaton S, Mendes SL, de Fatima Cunha L, Cirignoli S, Ciocheti G, do Prado HA, Fernandes-Ferreira H, de Sena LMM, Yamane MH, Brennand PGG, da Silva RD, Escobar S, Endo W, Hurtado RR, Gontijo NRC, Marsh LK, Severo MM, Pardo JM, Costa SA, Melo GL, Santana GG, de Miranda Mourão G, Gaspari GG, Duarte H, Cabral H, da Silva LH, Mendonça L, Barbosa LL, Dos Santos MV, Moraes MFD, Gordo M, Versiani NF, Cantero N, Pays O, Guedes PG, Colas-Rosas PF, Ribeiro P, Renaud PC, Hoogesteijn RJ, Ayala R, da Cunha RGT, Schaub R, Laurito S, Betkowski SE, Cortez S, Silva SSP, de Oliveira TG, Spironello WR, Gengler N, Hidalgo MM, Juárez R, Iglesias JA, Anacleto TC, de Souza Fialho M, Cavicchioli G, Beccato MAB, Silva MD, Neto OC, Lopes KGD, Godoy LP, Luiz MR, Rojas Bonzi VB, Ferreira GB, Oliveira MJR, Hinojosa J, de Oliveira LFB, Nagy-Reis MB, Ramirez SF, Concone HVB, Mourthe I, Martínez-Lanfranco JA, Zanoni JB, Moreira TC, Guarderas ZV, Bazilio S, Cervini M, Pinheiro MS, Morato RG, Peroni N, Trigo TC, Machado RB, Gaspari F, Koenemann JG, Rudolf JC, Benchimol M, Vieira MV, Retta LM, Santiago PGF, Ciccia PG, Estrela PC, Carvalho S, Esbérard CEL, de la Cruz YB, Castro-Prieto J, Braga RM, Cartes JL, Andrade-Núñez MJ, Denkiewicz NM, Falconi N, Pezzuti JCB, Del Castillo Cordero HF, de Sousa LC, de Gaspari Júnior RL, Santos-Filho M, Almeida JS, Thompson JJ, Dos Santos JS, Pereira-Ribeiro J, Burs K, da Silva KFM, Velilla M, da Silva MX, de la Sancha NU, Pinheiro PF, de Castilho PV, Bercê W, Assis JC, Tonetti VR, Alves-Eigenheer M, Chinem S, Honda LK, de Godoy Bergallo H, Alberici V, Wallace R, Krauer JMC, Ribeiro MC, Galetti M. NEOTROPICAL XENARTHRANS: a data set of occurrence of xenarthran species in the Neotropics. Ecology 2019; 100:e02663. [PMID: 31013542 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2018] [Revised: 01/29/2019] [Accepted: 01/31/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Abstract
Xenarthrans-anteaters, sloths, and armadillos-have essential functions for ecosystem maintenance, such as insect control and nutrient cycling, playing key roles as ecosystem engineers. Because of habitat loss and fragmentation, hunting pressure, and conflicts with domestic dogs, these species have been threatened locally, regionally, or even across their full distribution ranges. The Neotropics harbor 21 species of armadillos, 10 anteaters, and 6 sloths. Our data set includes the families Chlamyphoridae (13), Dasypodidae (7), Myrmecophagidae (3), Bradypodidae (4), and Megalonychidae (2). We have no occurrence data on Dasypus pilosus (Dasypodidae). Regarding Cyclopedidae, until recently, only one species was recognized, but new genetic studies have revealed that the group is represented by seven species. In this data paper, we compiled a total of 42,528 records of 31 species, represented by occurrence and quantitative data, totaling 24,847 unique georeferenced records. The geographic range is from the southern United States, Mexico, and Caribbean countries at the northern portion of the Neotropics, to the austral distribution in Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, and Uruguay. Regarding anteaters, Myrmecophaga tridactyla has the most records (n = 5,941), and Cyclopes sp. have the fewest (n = 240). The armadillo species with the most data is Dasypus novemcinctus (n = 11,588), and the fewest data are recorded for Calyptophractus retusus (n = 33). With regard to sloth species, Bradypus variegatus has the most records (n = 962), and Bradypus pygmaeus has the fewest (n = 12). Our main objective with Neotropical Xenarthrans is to make occurrence and quantitative data available to facilitate more ecological research, particularly if we integrate the xenarthran data with other data sets of Neotropical Series that will become available very soon (i.e., Neotropical Carnivores, Neotropical Invasive Mammals, and Neotropical Hunters and Dogs). Therefore, studies on trophic cascades, hunting pressure, habitat loss, fragmentation effects, species invasion, and climate change effects will be possible with the Neotropical Xenarthrans data set. Please cite this data paper when using its data in publications. We also request that researchers and teachers inform us of how they are using these data.
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