Mammals collected by the Yellow Fever Research Service in the municipalities of Ilhéus and Buerarema, State of Bahia, Brazil

Abstract

This study is a small revision of the activities of the former “Serviço de Estudos e Pesquisas sobre a Febre Amarela (SEPSFA)” developed in cooperation with the International Health Division of Rockefeller Foundation in the area of the municipalities Ilhéus and Buerarema, State of Bahia, involving research on wild mammals and jungle yellow fever, between December 1943 and April 1945. Based in a collection deposited in the Museu Nacional - Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), the mammals obtained in four collection stations, namely: Fortuna, Pirataquissé, Almada, and Urucutuca, are listed. A list of mammals originally presented in 1946 is updated.