Survey of marsupials and rodents of the municipal environmental protection area Tartarugas – Anchieta, ES
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https://doi.org/10.6008/CBPC2318-2881.2020.002.0003Keywords:
Atlantic forest, Small mammals, RestingaAbstract
The Atlantic Forest is a highly fragmented biome and has a high diversity of species, many of which are endemic. Despite this, in the State of Espírito Santo, the knowledge about the fauna of small non-flying mammals is still little known, mainly in the restinga ecosystem. The orders Didelphimorphia and Rodentia, considered small non-flying mammals, make up the most diverse ecological group in the Neotropical Forests. As bioindicators, they signal changes in the environment in which they live and influence forest dynamics. The present study aimed to present a survey of small marsupials and rodents in the restinga of the Tartarugas Municipal Environmental Preservation Area (APA), in the municipality of Anchieta, State of Espírito Santo. The mammals were captured using the Tomahawk, Sherman and pitfall traps. Through these, 3 species of Didelphimorphias were collected, with individuals of the species Marmosops incanus being the most abundant, in addition to 19 individuals of the order Rodentia having been verified. The sandbank of the Tartarugas Municipal Environmental Protection Area has a great wealth of small marsupials and rodents, with a view to having small dimensions and undergoing anthropic actions around them. Studies on the richness and abundance of these animals in restinga vegetation are scarce when compared to other ecosystems. Thus, a greater knowledge of these animals in this area facilitates the understanding of the dynamics and the functioning of the environmental quality performed by these species.
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