Nota prévia sôbre a extinção de mamíferos na parte norte da Chapada do Apodi - Rio Grande do Norte

Abstract

This paper deals on the extinction of some mammals on the northern part of Chapada do Apodi, northwestern of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. The region has a warm semi-arid climate and a xerophilic vegetation, mainly arboreous. Only during the last ten years effective human occupation had taken place, out of the main roads, on the track of recently bored wells, fact that justifies the actual sobrevivence of some mammals, now restricted to some narrow areas far from the crops. A table presents the degree of extinction of some more important mammals