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Cerrado
- The frog species Physalaemus nattereri (posterior view shown) is found in the open cerrado, but not in adjacent gallery forests[13].
- Such environmental variety associated to the variety of soil types and the abundance of water explain the extraordinary abundance of life in the Cerrado.
- The Cerrado is one of the most unprotected savannas in the world with less than 2% of its region protected in national parks and conservation areas.
- The best-known representatives of the Cerrado fauna are the maned wolf and the tapir. They feed mainly on fruits, as well as the marmosets of the genus Callithrix.
- The Cerrado, Brazil’s tropical savanna, is under high pressure. The increasing global demand for soy and beef takes a heavy toll on the Cerrado biome.
- Despite its importance, few outside of Brazil know what the Cerrado is – and most of those have never heard of the critically important Brazilian ecoregion.
- The Cerrado savanna, which lies mostly in Brazil, has never received the same attention as its more glamorous neighbor, the Amazon.
- cerrado The "cerrado" trees are very peculiar, with twisted trunks, covered by a thick bark, and leaves which are usually broad and rigid.
