The Roosevelt–Rondon expedition marmoset Mico marcai: unveiling the conservation status of a Data Deficient species release_x3oxfgp5o5b2bogrlv3ttpigue

by Felipe Silva, Hani Rocha El Bizri, Jonas da Rosa Gonçalves, Lísley P. Lemos, COSTA-ARAÚJO, R., Ivan J. Lima, Aline Tavares Santos, Marcelo Ismar Santana, Caetano L. B. Franco, Jean P. Boubli

Published in Oryx by Cambridge University Press (CUP).

2018   p1-7

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>The Roosevelt–Rondon Expedition marmoset <jats:italic>Mico marcai</jats:italic> was first collected in 1914 and all information on this primate previously came from three skins brought back by this expedition. As a result, <jats:italic>M. marcai</jats:italic> is categorized as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. As the presumed range of <jats:italic>M. marcai</jats:italic> lies on the path of the advancing arc of deforestation in Brazil, the collection of relevant data to assess the conservation status of this Amazonian species is of some urgency. Here we present the first field data on the distribution and population size of, and threats to, <jats:italic>M. marcai</jats:italic>, to reassess the species' conservation status. During 2012–2015 we surveyed the species in the Marmelos–Aripuanã interfluve, and estimated its density using distance sampling. We also used spatial predictive modelling to estimate forest loss within the species range under two deforestation scenarios. We found the marmoset in 13 localities and estimated its extent of occurrence to be 31,073 km<jats:sup>2</jats:sup>. We estimated the species' density to be 8.31 individuals/km<jats:sup>2</jats:sup> and extrapolated this to estimate a total population of 258,218 individuals (CI 150,705–441,860). Under a business-as-usual deforestation scenario, c. 10,000 km<jats:sup>2</jats:sup> of forest, comprising 33% of the species' range, would be lost in three marmoset generations (c. 18 years), and we, therefore, recommend that <jats:italic>M. marcai</jats:italic> be categorized as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List based on criterion A3c. Other Amazonian marmosets require similar reassessment as their ranges also fall in the path of the arc of deforestation.
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