Table 1. Body mass, forest patch occupancy (N = 196 forest fragments) and regional scale estimates of geographic range contraction for the 18 mammal species surveyed in this study.
Species | English name | Body Mass (kg) | Patch occupancy (%) | Smallest patch (ha) | % Total area of occupied patches | % Geographic range occupied (252,668 km2) | Max. area occupied (ha)‡ | Total area likely to be occupied (ha)* | % Area likely to be occupied† |
Callithrix jacchus/penicillata/kuhlii | Common marmoset/Black-tufted marmoset/Kuhl's marmoset | 0.4 | 95.41 | 0.17 | 98.70 | 14.39 | 3,811,641 | 3,636,616 | 95.41 |
Callicebus melanochir/barbarabrownae | Coastal black-handed titi/Barbara Brown's titi monkey | 1.1 | 44.90 | 0.25 | 90.92 | 6.74 | 3,790,634 | 1,701,917 | 44.65 |
Cebus xanthosternos | Yellow-breasted capuchin monkey | 2.5 | 44.39 | 0.76 | 84.05 | 6.45 | 3,672,727 | 1,630,241 | 42.77 |
Alouatta guariba/caraya | Brown howler/Black howler monkey | 6.5 | 12.76 | 2.19 | 17.87 | 1.74 | 3,447,391 | 439,718 | 11.54 |
Brachyteles hypoxanthus | Woolly-spider monkey | 9.5 | 0.51 | 63441.93 | 13.64 | 0.01 | 257,783 | 1,315 | 0.03 |
Bradypus torquatus/variegatus | Maned sloth/Three-toed sloth | 5.0 | 13.78 | 1.01 | 60.85 | 1.97 | 3,622,006 | 498,950 | 13.09 |
Myrmecophaga tridactyla | Giant anteater | 15.0 | 3.06 | 3.78 | 0.28 | 0.40 | 3,293,997 | 100,837 | 2.65 |
Tamandua tetradactyla | Collared anteater | 4.5 | 20.92 | 0.84 | 71.81 | 3.03 | 3,655,035 | 764,574 | 20.06 |
Dasypus novemcinctus | Nine-banded armadillo | 3.3 | 43.37 | 0.25 | 86.25 | 6.51 | 3,790,634 | 1,643,897 | 43.13 |
Agouti paca | Paca | 9.0 | 18.88 | 1.01 | 66.95 | 2.71 | 3,622,006 | 683,746 | 17.94 |
Puma concolor | Puma | 25.0 | 17.86 | 1.35 | 60.02 | 2.52 | 3,563,450 | 636,330 | 16.69 |
Panthera onca | Jaguar | 35.0 | 2.55 | 3.20 | 13.93 | 0.34 | 3,343,534 | 85,294 | 2.24 |
Cerdocyon thous | Crab-eating fox | 6.0 | 17.35 | 0.25 | 74.98 | 2.60 | 3,790,634 | 657,559 | 17.25 |
Eira barbara | Tayra | 4.0 | 11.22 | 1.01 | 61.39 | 1.61 | 3,622,006 | 406,552 | 10.66 |
Mazama spp. | Brocket deer | 22.0 | 30.10 | 0.25 | 75.44 | 4.52 | 3,790,634 | 1,141,058 | 29.94 |
Pecari tajacu | Collared peccary | 17.0 | 13.78 | 0.17 | 62.08 | 2.08 | 3,811,641 | 525,073 | 13.78 |
Tayassu pecari | White-lipped peccary | 28.0 | - | - | - | 0.00 | - | - | 0.00 |
Tapirus terrestris | Lowland tapir | 150.0 | 0.51 | 17.66 | 0.003 | 0.06 | 2,765,624 | 14,110 | 0.37 |
Total area of fragments larger than the smallest occupied patch throughout the entire study region, on the basis of 738,887 fragments >0.1 ha encompassing ∼3.8 million ha of forest.
Aggregate area of forest fragments larger than the smallest occupied patch on the basis of patch occupancy data.
Percentage of total area likely to be occupied in relation to the total area of forest fragments within the entire study region (∼3.8 million ha).