Checklist of mammals from Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

• Main Authors: Walfrido Moraes Tomas, Pâmela Castro Antunes, Marcelo Oscar Bordignon, André Restel Camilo, Zilca Campos, George Camargo, Luiz Felipe Alves da Cunha Carvalho, Nicolay Leme da Cunha, Erich Fischer, Mauricio Neves Godoi, Wellington Hannibal, Guilherme Mourão, José Rimoli, Carolina Ferreira Santos, Mauricio Silveira, Marcelle Aiza Tomas
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul
• Series: Iheringia: Série Zoologia
• Subjects: Mamíferos; Mato Grosso do Sul; Lista; Programa Biota-MS
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0073-47212017000200255&lng=en&tlng=en

Abstract We updated the checklist of mammals from Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil based on primary records only. One hundred and sixty-six mammal species were listed as occurring in the state, 47 of them being medium to large, 47 small mammal and 73 bat species. The listed species are distributed in 31 families: Didelphidae (17 spp.), Dasypodidae (7 spp.), Myrmecophagidae (2 spp.), Cebidae (1 sp.), Callithrichidae (2 spp.), Aotidae (1 sp.), Pitheciidae (1 sp.), Atelidae (1 sp.), Leporidae (1 sp.), Felidae (7 spp.), Canidae (4 spp.), Mustelidae (5 spp.), Mephitidae (2 spp.), Procyonidae (2 spp.), Tapiridae (1 sp.), Tayassuidae (2 spp.), Cervidae (4 spp.), Sciuridae (1 sp.), Cricetidae (22 spp.), Erethizontidae (1 sp.), Caviidae (3 spp.), Dasyproctidae (1 sp.), Cuniculidae (1 sp.), Echimyidae (4 spp.), Phyllostomidae (41 spp.), Emballonuridae (2 spp.), Molossidae (16 spp.), Vespertilionidae (9 spp.), Mormoopidae (1 sp.), Noctilionidae (2 spp.), and Natalidade (1 sp.). These numbers represent an increase of fourteen species with primary records for the state in comparison with the previously published checklist. However, it is evident the scarcity of information at several regions of the state, and the need of implementation of regional zoological collections. The state of Mato Grosso do Sul represent only 4.19% of the Brazilian territory, but the number of mammal species reach 24.13% of the known species occurring in the country.