Reptile predation by domestic cats in the Cassupá-Salamãi village, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil
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https://doi.org/10.31687/SaremNMS24.11.2Palabras clave:
Amazon, domestic animals, invasive species, forest fragmentResumen
In Brazil, records of predation on wild animals by domestic cats are concentrated in the Atlantic Forest of the Southeast region, and in other biomes these data are non-existent or scarce. In this sense, we report for the first time, through occasional records, the predation of native reptiles by domestic cats in the Amazon region. These records demonstrate that this type of impact may be underestimated in Brazil, and show that domestic cats represent a direct threat to wildlife.
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