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. 2012 Aug 14;7(8):e41671. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041671

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).