EXPEDITION REPORT 2007 - Biosphere Expeditions

Figure 2.2c. Jaguar track found at Salto Parati in July 2006.
The jaguar was heard the night before the track was found.
Further records were obtained near the harbour base at the Cabaraquara location (Q5)
where a puma track was found and in the road to Salto Parati (Q6), where crab-eating fox
tracks were recorded. Additional exploratory walks three to five km in length but with no
results were conducted at Rio do Henrique and towards the Parado Swamp from the
Estrela Ranch, all with access from the dust road of Limeira (Fig. 2.2a). Track records
were difficult to obtain during these fast surveys due to the amount of leaf litter on the
trails, so the survey was not included in the analysis.
At the end of the expedition with the local groups, a base camp for the international
expedition with Biosphere Expeditions was decided upon at the Ananias property by the
Rio Preto river, near the Parado Swamp (western range of the study site). Information
obtained from Salto Parati about this location was that the area was private but protected
area where hunters were not allowed and wildlife abundant.
When the site of the future base camp for Biosphere Expeditions was surveyed during the
first few days of August 2006, peccary and tapir (Fig. 2.2d) records, amongst others, were
made. The presence of these vulnerable species in this location was an interesting finding
as they had not been found in previous Salto Parati surveys. Based on this, it was
expected that this area would harbour a better habitat for the jaguar.
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