Mastofauna ameaçada de extinção nas Unidades de Conservação da Bacia do Alto Paraguai, MS

Abstract

A compilation of threatened mammals data on Mato Grosso do Sul state portion of Paraguay River Basin natural protected areas was done in order to evaluate the protection level of those areas for the surveyed species. The species occurrence was evaluated from the scientific papers and natural protected areas management plans besides the species action plan analysis. Eighteen threatened mammals species were registered on surveyed natural protected areas; only three were considered being relatively protected and three are facing a highlocal extinction risk. Those data are important to increase the knowledge on threatened mammals on the Mato Grosso do Sul state and for highlighting the importance of natural protected areas for the protection of threatened species in order to provide inputs for further studies on biodiversity protection.