New record for Blarinomys breviceps (Winge, 1888) (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Authors

  • Adriano P. Paglia Conservação Internacional CI-Brasil; Laboratório de Mastozoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Centro Universitário Metodista Izabela Hendrix
  • Fernando A. Perini Laboratório de Mastozoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • Maria O. G. Lopes Laboratório de Mastozoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Mestrado em Zoologia de Vertebrados, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais
  • Cesar F. S. Palmuti Laboratório de Herpetologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35699/2675-5327.2005.22108

Keywords:

rodents, Peti, Atlantic Forest, Cerrado, geographic distribution

Abstract

Blarinomys breviceps is a fossorial rodent, endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and rarely recorded in small-mammal faunistic inventories. Two male B. breviceps were collected in pit-fall traps in the “Estação de Proteção e Desenvolvimento Ambiental de Peti,” in the municipalities of São Gonçalo do Rio Abaixo and Santa Bárbara, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. This is the first record for this species in the state in 45 years. This finding shows that, although naturally rare, this species is able to inhabit disturbed secondary forests.

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Published

2006-02-20

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 2 (2005):

Section

Short communications

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How to Cite

New record for Blarinomys breviceps (Winge, 1888) (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. (2006). Lundiana: International Journal of Biodiversity, 6(2), 155-157. https://doi.org/10.35699/2675-5327.2005.22108