Alves Carolina, Hannibal Wellington
Laboratório de Ecologia e Biogeografia de Mamíferos, Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Avenida Brasil, Setor Helio Leao, Quirinópolis, GO, Brazil Universidade Estadual de Goiás Quirinópolis Brazil.
Zookeys. 2025 Jan 15;1223:319-332. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1223.129408. eCollection 2025.
The continuous growth of the urban population, coupled with habitat loss, has resulted in unanticipated interactions between animals and humans in urban centers. In this study, we investigated the presence of mammals in urban centers through newspaper reports on websites. Specifically, we examined: i) the frequency of photographic records, ii) the temporal trends (2001 to 2021) and spatial trends (Brazilian Federative regions and states) of the records, and iii) the orders, families, and species most frequently reported in urban centers. On the Google platform (http://www.google.com.br), we used combinations of the keywords "mammals in urban centers," "mammals found in the city", and "mammals found in the municipality" to survey mammal records. We excluded repeated news items, sites that experienced technical problems during the search period, and those that did not cover the topic. We compiled a total of 733 websites. The records spanned from 2002 to 2021, with 73% occurring in the last four years. The Southeast, South, and Midwest regions stood out. The animals recorded belonged to 55 mammal species (16 vulnerable and 3 endangered), distributed in 22 families and 10 orders. The data indicate that the majority of mammal sightings in urban areas occur on streets, with some conflictual interactions. This is the first study that utilizes websites for diagnosing the mammal fauna present in urban centers in Brazil. The dataset generated here could aid in understanding the occurrence of mammal species in the urban environment.
城市人口的持续增长，加上栖息地的丧失，导致城市中心动物与人类之间出现了意想不到的互动。在本研究中，我们通过网站上的报纸报道调查了城市中心哺乳动物的存在情况。具体而言，我们考察了：i）照片记录的频率，ii）记录的时间趋势（2001年至2021年）和空间趋势（巴西联邦地区和州），以及iii）城市中心最常报道的目、科和物种。在谷歌平台（http://www.google.com.br）上，我们使用了“城市中心的哺乳动物”、“城市中发现的哺乳动物”和“市辖区内发现的哺乳动物”等关键词组合来调查哺乳动物记录。我们排除了重复的新闻条目、在搜索期间出现技术问题的网站以及不涉及该主题的网站。我们总共整理了733个网站。记录时间跨度为2002年至2021年，其中73%发生在过去四年。东南部、南部和中西部地区最为突出。记录的动物属于55种哺乳动物（16种易危和3种濒危），分布在22个科和10个目中。数据表明，城市地区大多数哺乳动物目击事件发生在街道上，并且存在一些冲突性互动。这是第一项利用网站来诊断巴西城市中心现存哺乳动物区系的研究。此处生成的数据集有助于了解城市环境中哺乳动物物种的出现情况。
