Mammals of the Mbaracayú Forest Natural Reserve, Canindeyú Department, Represented in Scientific Collections
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https://doi.org/10.32480/rscp.2019-24-1.163-172Keywords:
Interior Atlantic Forest, Cerrado, Mammalian fauna, ParaguayAbstract
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.
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4. Cacciali P, Bauer F, N. Martínez N. 2015. Herpetofauna de la Reserva Natural del Bosque Mbaracayú, Paraguay. Kempffiana. 2015;11:29-47.
5. Marin G, Jiménez B, Peña-Chocarro M, Knapp S. Plantas comunes de Mbaracayú. The Natural History Museum, London; 1998.
6. Peña-Chocarro M, Marin G, Jiménez B, Knapp S. Helechos de Mbaracayú. The Natural History Museum, London; 1999.
7. Yahnke CJ, Gamarra de Fox I, Colman F. Mammalian species richness in Paraguay: the effectiveness of national parks in preserving biodiversity. Biological Conservation. 1998;84:263-268.
8. Voss RS, Lunde DP, Simmons NB. The mammals of Paracou, French Guiana: A neotropi¬cal lowland rainforest fauna. Part 2. Nonvolant species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 2001;263:1-236.
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13. Solari S, Pacheco V, Luna L, Velazco PM, Patterson BD. Mammals of the Manu Biosphere Reserve. Fieldiana Zoology. 2006;110:13-22.
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15. Esquivel E. Mamíferos de la Reserva natural del Bosque Mbaracayú (Paraguay). Asunción: Fundación Moisés Bertoni; 2001.
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17. Velázquez MC, Ramírez Pinto F. Guía de los Mamíferos de la Reserva Natural Tapytá. Asunción: Fundación Moisés Bertoni; 2004.
18. De la Sancha NU, López-González C, D’Elía G, Myers P, Valdez L, Ortiz ML. An annotated checklist of the mammals of Paraguay. Therya. 2017;8:241-260.
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21. Hill K, Padwe J, Bejyvagi C, Bepurangi A, Jakugi F, Tykuarangi R, Tykuarangi T. Impacto of hunting on large vertebrates in the Mbaracayu Reserve, Paraguay. Conservation Biology. 1997; 11:1339-1353.
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23. Zuercher GL, Gipson PS, Stewart GC. Identification of carnivore feces by local peoples and molecular analyses. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 2003;31:961-970.
24. Owen RD, Sánchez H, Rodríguez L, Jonsson CB. Composition and characteristics of a diverse didelphid community (Mammalia: Didelphimorphia) in sub-tropical South America. Occasional Papers. Museum of Texas Tech University. 2019;359:1-18.
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Mammals of the Mbaracayú Forest Natural Reserve, Canindeyú Department, Represented in Scientific Collections. Rev. Soc. cient. Py. [Internet]. 2019 Jul. 6 [cited 2025 Oct. 27];24(1):163-72. Available from: https://sociedadcientifica.org.py/ojs/index.php/rscpy/article/view/63
