Interações reprodutivas dos indivíduos in situ e ex situ de Bradypus variegatus Schinz (1825), no Parque Estadual de Dois Irmãos, Recife-PE.

Abstract

Sloths are included in the Xenarthra superorder. The species Bradypus variegatus was popularly known as the common sloth or brown-throated sloth. Information on reproductive seasonality and aspects related to the reproduction of this species are still scarce. The objective of this research was to determine the reproductive period of the common sloth in the Dois Irmãos State Park Conservation Unit (PEDI) as well as the reproductive interactions performed by individuals in situ and ex situ during this period. In the first phase of this study, a bibliometric research was carried out and, in the second phase, the occurrence books of the Preguiça de Garganta Marrom (PGM) were analyzed, and the records on the behavior of three female specimens of B. variegatus were studied. Studies on reproductive biology are still needed to support conservation actions.