Reptile predation by domestic cats in the Cassupá-Salamãi village, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil

Marcela Alvares Oliveira; Isabele Christina Alves Cassupá; Carolina Rodrigues da Costa  Doria

doi:10.31687/SaremNMS24.11.2

Autores

Marcela Alvares Oliveira Programa de Pós-graduação em Conservação e Uso de Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal de Rondônia, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil.
Isabele Christina Alves Cassupá Curso de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Rondônia, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil.
Carolina Rodrigues da Costa Doria Curso de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Rondônia, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil. Programa de Pós-graduação em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia (Rede BIONORTE), Universidade Federal de Rondônia, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31687/SaremNMS24.11.2

Palavras-chave:

Amazônia, animais domésticos, espécies invasoras, fragmento florestal

Resumo

No Brasil, os registros de predação de animais silvestres por gatos domésticos se concentram na Mata Atlântica da região Sudeste e nos outros biomas esses dados são inexistentes ou escassos. Nesse sentido, reportamos pela primeira vez através de registros ocasionais, a predação de répteis nativos por gatos domésticos na região Amazônica. Esses registros demonstram que esse tipo de impacto pode ser subestimado no Brasil, e mostra que gatos domésticos representam uma ameaça direta à fauna silvestre.

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