Mamíferos atropelados em rodovias do Brasil central: contribuições para a ecologia de estradas e coleções científicas

Rafael Gabriel  Cabral Filho; Camilla Angélica de Lima; Wellington Hannibal

doi:10.37002/biodiversidadebrasileira.v15i4.2823

Authors

Rafael Gabriel Cabral Filho Laboratório de Ecologia e Biogeografia de Mamíferos/LECOBIOMA, Universidade Estadual de Goiás/UEG, Quirinópolis/GO, Brasil.
Camilla Angélica de Lima Laboratório de Ecologia e Biogeografia de Mamíferos/LECOBIOMA, Universidade Estadual de Goiás/UEG, Quirinópolis/GO, Brasil e rograma de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade Animal, Universidade Estadual de Goiás/UEG, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2568-3608
Wellington Hannibal Laboratório de Ecologia e Biogeografia de Mamíferos/LECOBIOMA, Universidade Estadual de Goiás/UEG, Quirinópolis/GO, Brasil e rograma de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade Animal, Universidade Estadual de Goiás/UEG, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7141-1243

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37002/biodiversidadebrasileira.v15i4.2823

Keywords:

Cerrado, CMUEG, Atlantic Forest , GO-206

Abstract

Roadkills are one of the main causes of mammal mortality on highways, threatening the persistence of their populations in fragmented landscapes. In this study, we
recorded road-killed mammals on highways and roads in central Brazil and enriched the CMUEG scientific collection with the collected carcasses. Over 267 field surveys, we recorded 88 road-killed mammals belonging to 18 species and collected the skulls of 17 individuals from 12 species.
Cerdocyon thous (n = 24), Euphractus sexcinctus (n = 15), and Myrmecophaga tridactyla (n = 13) were the most roadkilled species. Among the road-killed animals were threatened species such as the lowland tapir, the maned wolf, the giant anteater, and the giant armadillo. Our findings contribute to the knowledge of the composition and structure of road-killed mammal fauna on state and federal highways in a transitional area between the Cerrado and the Atlantic Forest, as well as providing important data for the mammal collection of the State University of Goiás.

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