Mamíferos de médio e grande porte atropelados em rodovias do Estado de Santa Catarina, sul do Brasil
2007; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA CATARINA; Volume: 20; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
2175-7925
AutoresJorge José Cherem, Marcelo Kammers, Ivo Rohling Ghizoni-Jr, Anderson Martins,
Tópico(s)Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
ResumoRunning over of mammals on roads of Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil. Road deaths represent a factor of great impact on fauna. This is probably one of the main causes of mortality, even for threatened species. However, studies on this subject are unknown in Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil. Considering this lack, the present study presents records of medium to large-sized mammals killed by vehicles on the roads of this state between August 2000 and November 2005. In total, 257 records were made from 20 mammal species, most of which were obtained from the BR 116, BR 282 and BR 470 highways. Cerdocyon thous was the commonest species (82 records; 31.9%), followed by Didelphis albiventris (44; 17.1%), Procyon cancrivorus (21; 8.2%), Conepatus chinga (19; 7.4%), Dasypus novemcinctus (14; 5.4%), Tamandua tetradactyla (14; 5.4%) and Sphiggurus villosus (13; 5.1%). Leopardus tigrinus (5; 1.9%), L. wiedii (1; 0.4%) and one unidentified Leopardus individual were recorded as threatened species. This indicates a high number of mammals run over on the roads
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