Primates in three protected areas in the middle Solimões basin, Brazilian Amazon

Resumo

The Amazon Rainforest is an example of a challenging scenario for the species inventories as a baseline for the Conservation actions. New Primate species are described in this Biome every year. However, the distribution and taxonomy of several taxa remain controversial, hampering the efforts for its conservation. In this sense, the species inventory is one of the essential points to consolidate the management plans in Protected Areas. Here we report the Primates inventories Protected Areas in the middle Solimões River, Amazon. We surveyed two PAs of Sustainable Use, Jutaí Extractivist Reserve (RESEX Jutaí) and Auati-Paraná Extractivist Reserve (RESEX Auati-Paraná), and a Strict Protection, Rio Jutaí Ecological Station (ESEC - Rio Jutaí). We updated the occurrence and distribution of the Primates taxa contributing to the species list of management plans for these areas. This project is a partnership between Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio) and Mamirauá Institute for Sustainable Development (IDSM) (Termo de Reciprocidade 05/2012). In 2014 and 2015, we collected data in the ESEC Jutai-Solimões and RESEX Rio Jutaí during 35 days in three expeditions. We collected data during 24 days in the RESEX Auati-Paraná in April 2015, in the wet season. We used rapid survey methods for mammals inventories including surveys along existing trails, specimens collection, and semi-structured interviews with local inhabitants. The material collected was stored in the Mammal Collection of Mamirauá Institute (SISBIO 42111-1; 42111-2; 42111-3). The three PAs represents a total of 22 Primates species and subspecies from 14 genera. The ESEC Jutai-Solimoes and RESEX Rio Jutai has, respectively, 11 and 13 primate taxa confirmed. The RESEX Auati-Parana has 9 Primate taxa confirmed. The records presented here are an important start point to understanding the Primate diversity in PAs of middle Solimões.