Abstract

OWEN, Robert D.  and  SMITH, Paul. Mammals of the Mbaracayú Forest Natural Reserve, Canindeyú Department, Represented in Scientific Collections. Rev. Soc. cient. Parag. [online]. 2019, vol.24, n.1, pp.163-172. ISSN 2617-4731.  https://doi.org/10.32480/rscp.2019-24-1.163-172.

The Mbaracayú Forest Natural Reserve (RNBM) is a 64,405 ha tract of protected land in Canindeyú, northeastern Paraguay. The majority of its land cover is Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest, as well as a substantial Cerrado portion. Other than limited biological research and hunting by traditional methods by Aché indigenous people, the forest has been largely undisturbed for the last 35-40 years, and thus hosts a relatively complete faunal community representative of this region. This paper reports on the mammalian species resident in the Reserve, which have been verified by one or more voucher specimens. Of over 40 mammal collections surveyed in Europe, North and South America, we are aware of ten which contain a total of 4,929 specimens from the RNBM. The specimens represent a diverse mammalian fauna, including 20 families and 71 species. Based on other verifiable records, at least 84 species of mammals are known from the Reserve. Recent reports of newly verified mammals from the Reserve suggest that continued research should be supported.

Keywords : Interior Atlantic Forest; Cerrado; Mammalian fauna; Paraguay..

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