Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: FRANCISCO WALISON DOS SANTOS MACHI

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STUDENT : FRANCISCO WALISON DOS SANTOS MACHI
DATE: 07/05/2023
TIME: 09:30
LOCAL: Google Meet
TITLE:

Occupation of the Species Euphractus sexcinctus (square armadillo) and Dasypus novemcinctus (banded armadillo) in the semiarid region of northeastern Brazil.

KEY WORDS:

Occupation; Armadillos; Caatinga.

PAGES: 49
BIG AREA: Ciências Biológicas
AREA: Ecologia
SUMMARY:

The Caatinga is a well-recognized ecological region found in the semi-arid interior of northeastern Brazil. The dominant vegetation type in the region is a seasonally dry tropical forest. As in any other semi-arid region, the Caatinga has a prolonged dry period in which rainfall is scarce. It is the only ecosystem with geographic limits restricted to the Brazilian territory and presents a great contribution to biodiversity. In this sense, studies are needed to understand the use and occupation of habitats by species of mammals in this biome. Thus, we highlight the main group of burrowing mammals in the Neotropical region, the armadillos. As the focus of this research, we restricted to two species, the Euphractus sexcinctus (square armadillo) and Dasypus novemcinctus (square armadillo), as well as other species of armadillos, whose conservation is threatened by anthropic action, specifically hunting and the degradation of its habitat. habitat, despite these factors, are not considered endangered species. It is also worth noting that studies on the large and medium-sized mastofauna in the Caatinga are still insufficient to understand patterns of occupation of the species. This research is divided into a chapter, where in CAP 01 – we observe the effect of environmental and anthropic factors on the occupation of Euphractus sexcinctus (armadillo) and Dasypus novemcinctus (armadillo) in areas of Caatinga. A total of 928 photographic records of armadillos were obtained. Being 810 of E. sexcinctus and 118 of D. novemcinctus. While E. sexcicnctus presented a distribution of records in all areas, the same did not occur for D. novemcinctus, which had 94% of its occurrences in Bahia and occurred only in one area in Rio Grande do Norte, which was the region of Lajes.

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