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A Puma concolor (Carnivora: Felidae) in the Middle-Late Holocene landscapes of the Brazilian Northeast (Bahia): submerged cave deposits and stable isotopes

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Salles, Leandro de Oliveira [1, 2] ; Perini, Fernando Araujo [3] ; de Moraes Neto, Carlos Rodrigues [2] ; Sicuro, Fernando Lencastre [4, 5, 6] ; Arroyo-Cabrales, Joaquin [7] ; Guedes, Patricia Goncalves [2, 8] ; Laureano, Fernando Verassani [9] ; Calvo, Emilio Manuel [2, 10] ; Barbosa de Oliveira, Luiz Flamarion [2] ; Passos Cordeiro, Jose Luis [11] ; Adrian Perez-Crespo, Victor [12] ; Morales-Puente, Pedro [12] ; Serejo dos Anjos, Luciano Jorge [13] ; Pontual, Francisco Boavista [2] ; da Costa, Kayo Ritter [2] ; de Freitas Farias dos Santos, Caio Marcio Sorrentino [14] ; Lopes, Ricardo Tadeu [14] ; Sapiensa Almeida, Luis Henrique [15] ; Lobo, Leonardo Souza [2] ; Toledo, Peter Mann [16]
Total Authors: 20
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[1] Amer Museum Nat Hist, Div Vertebrate Zool Mammal, New York, NY 10024 - USA
[2] Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro MN UFRJ, Dept Vertebrados Mastozool, Museu Nacl, Quinta Boa Vista S-No, BR-20940040 Rio De Janeiro, RJ - Brazil
[3] Univ Fed Minas Gerais UFMG, Dept Zool, BR-31270901 Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil
[4] Univ Aveiro, Ctr Environm & Marine Studies, P-3810193 Aveiro - Portugal
[5] Univ Aveiro, Dept Biol, P-3810193 Aveiro - Portugal
[6] Univ Estado Rio de Janeiro UERJ, Rio De Janeiro - Brazil
[7] Inst Nacl Antropol & Hist INAH, Lab Arqueozool, Cuauhtemoc - Mexico
[8] Inst Resgatando Verde, Rio De Janeiro - Brazil
[9] Pontificia Catolica Minas Gerais PUCMinas, Dept Ciencias Biol, Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil
[10] Grp Espeleol Goias GRECO, Goiania, Go - Brazil
[11] Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz FIOCRUZ, Rio De Janeiro - Brazil
[12] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Geol IGUNAM, Mexico City, DF - Mexico
[13] Univ Fed Rural Amazonia, Campus Parauapebas, Parauapebas, Para - Brazil
[14] Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Nucl Instrumentat Lab, COPPE, Av Horacio de Macedo 2030 Bloco 1 Sala 133, BR-21941914 Rio De Janeiro, RJ - Brazil
[15] Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro IGEO UFRJ, Inst Geociencias, Av Athos da Silveira Ramos 274, Cidade Univ, BR-21941916 Rio De Janeiro, RJ - Brazil
[16] Inst Nacl Pesquisas Espaciais INPE, BR-12227010 Sao Jose Dos Campos, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 16
Document type: Journal article
Source: GEOBIOS; v. 62, p. 61-78, OCT 2020.
Web of Science Citations: 0
Abstract

Puma concolor is currently widespread in South America, but its fossil record is still poorly known in the Continent, particularly in Brazil. Here we report the find of a nearly complete skeleton of P. concolor recovered from underwater Quaternary deposits at the Impossivel-loin Cave System, Chapada Diamantina (Bahia, Brazil). The P. concolor remains were found disarticulated but piled together; they are in general quite well preserved. Radiocarbon dating from a tooth sample (upper carnassial) indicates a Middle-Late Holocene age of ca. 4 ka BP. A series of comparative morphometric analyses suggest that the specimen is a male and shares similar size proportions to extant specimens in the region. Isotopic analyses made with a tooth sample indicate a diet largely based on C3 feeding herbivores, potentially associated to landscapes predominantly covered by Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest, similar to the Present-day Caatinga vegetation. The delta O-18 outcome value of -3.4 parts per thousand and the modeled puma's negative trend in adaptability towards the present (after 6 ka) seem to be consistent with the hypothesized Middle-Holocene (similar to 4 ka) shift in climatic tendencies in the Brazilian Northeast from a more relatively humid environment to a drier climate with longer drought periods, presenting severe semiarid conditions somewhat similar to the precolonial conditions. Cave surroundings fit well with the description of the present progressive trend of changes in physiognomy related to land-use and associated with processes of fragmentation and desertification in the Caatinga. (C) 2020 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 17/22269-2 - Transition to sustainability and agriculture-energy-water nexus: exploring an integrated approach with case studies in the Cerrado and Caatinga
Grantee:Jean Pierre Henry Balbaud Ometto
Support Opportunities: Research Program on Global Climate Change - Thematic Grants