Abstract

SANTOS-FILHO, M. et al. New records of Glironia venusta, Thomas, 1912 (Mammalia, Didelphidae), from the Amazon and Paraguay basins, Brazil. Mastozool. neotrop. [online]. 2007, vol.14, n.1, pp.103-105. ISSN 0327-9383.

Glironia venusta is a rare and poorly known species of tropical South America. There are few records and museum specimens. Likewise, little is known about its ecology and distribution. For Brazil, previous records had been noted in the states of Amazonas, Rondônia and Pará, all within the Amazon basin. We report the capture of a young female in Rondônia and an adult male in southwest Mato Grosso state, both in Tomahawk-type traps on lianas ~1.5m above the ground. Specimens were deposited at the mammals collection of Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, with collection numbers 4577 and 5237. The latter specimen is the first ever recorded of this species in Mato Grosso and in the Paraguay River basin, and represents a distribution extension of more than 1000 km. Unfortunately, the forest fragment where this specimen was collected-surrounded by rural agricultural settlements-was burned shortly afterwards.

Keywords : Amazonia; Cerrado; Range extension.

        · abstract in Spanish     · text in English     · English ( pdf )