An integrative analysis uncovers a new, pseudo-cryptic species of Amazonian marmoset (Primates: Callitrichidae: Mico) from the arc of deforestation

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Costa-Araujo, Rodrigo ^{[1, 2]} ; Silva, Jose S. ^[1] ; Boubli, Jean P. ^[3] ; Rossi, Rogerio V. ^[4] ; Canale, Gustavo R. ^[5] ; Melo, Fabiano R. ^[6] ; Bertuol, Fabricio ^[2] ; Silva, Felipe E. ^[7] ; Silva, Diego A. ^[8] ; Nash, Stephen D. ^{[9, 10]} ; Sampaio, Iracilda ^[11] ; Farias, Izeni P. ^[2] ; Hrbek, Tomas ^{[2, 12]}

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^[1] Mastozool Collect, Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, BR-66077830 Belem, Para - Brazil

^[2] Univ Fed Amazonas, Lab Evolut & Anim Genet, BR-69077000 Manaus, Amazonas - Brazil

^[3] Univ Salford, Sch Sci Engn & Environm, Salford M54WT, Lancs - England

^[4] Univ Fed Mato Grosso, Inst Biosci, BR-78060900 Cuiaba - Brazil

^[5] Univ Fed Mato Grosso, Inst Nat Human & Social Sci, BR-78557267 Sinop - Brazil

^[6] Univ Fed Vicosa, Dept Forest Engn, BR-36570900 Vicosa, MG - Brazil

^[7] Mamiraua Inst Sustainable Dev, Res Grp Primate Biol & Conservat, BR-69553225 Tefe - Brazil

^[8] Univ Estado Mato Grosso, Grad Program Ecol & Conservat, BR-78690000 Nova Xavantina - Brazil

^[9] SUNY Stony Brook, Dept Anat Sci, Stony Brook, NY 11794 - USA

^[10] SUNY Stony Brook, Dept Arts, Stony Brook, NY 11794 - USA

^[11] Fed Univ Para, Inst Coastal Studies, BR-68600000 Braganca - Brazil

^[12] Trinity Univ, Dept Biol, San Antonio, TX 78212 - USA

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS; v. 11, n. 1 AUG 2 2021.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

Amazonia has the richest primate fauna in the world. Nonetheless, the diversity and distribution of Amazonian primates remain little known and the scarcity of baseline data challenges their conservation. These challenges are especially acute in the Amazonian arc of deforestation, the 2500 km long southern edge of the Amazonian biome that is rapidly being deforested and converted to agricultural and pastoral landscapes. Amazonian marmosets of the genus Mico are little known endemics of this region and therefore a priority for research and conservation efforts. However, even nascent conservation efforts are hampered by taxonomic uncertainties in this group, such as the existence of a potentially new species from the Juruena-Teles Pires interfluve hidden within the M. emiliae epithet. Here we test if these marmosets belong to a distinct species using new morphological, phylogenomic, and geographic distribution data analysed within an integrative taxonomic framework. We discovered a new, pseudo-cryptic Mico species hidden within the epithet M. emiliae, here described and named after Horacio Schneider, the pioneer of molecular phylogenetics of Neotropical primates. We also clarify the distribution, evolutionary and morphological relationships of four other Mico species, bridging Linnean, Wallacean, and Darwinian shortfalls in the conservation of primates in the Amazonian arc of deforestation. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 12/50260-6 - Estruturação e evolução da biota amazônica e seu ambiente: uma abordagem integrativa
• Beneficiário: Lúcia Garcez Lohmann
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa BIOTA - Temático