ATLANTIC MAMMAL TRAITS: a data set of morphological traits of mammals in the Atlantic Forest of South America
Authors: Gonçalves Fernando , Bovendorp Ricardo S. , Beca Gabrielle , Bello Carolina , Costa‐Pereira Raul , Muylaert Renata L. , Rodarte Raisa R. , Villar Nacho , Souza Rafael , Graipel Maurício E. , Cherem Jorge J. , Faria Deborah , Baumgarten Julio , Alvarez Martín R. , Vieira Emerson M. , Cáceres Nilton , Pardini Renata , Leite Yuri L. R. , Costa Leonora P. , Mello Marco A. R. , Fischer Erich , Passos Fernando C. , Varzinczak Luiz H. , Prevedello Jayme A. , Cruz‐Neto Ariovaldo P. , Carvalho Fernando , Percequillo Alexandre R. , Paviolo Agustin , Nava Alessandra , Duarte José M. B. , de la Sancha Noé U. , Bernard Enrico , Morato Ronaldo G. , Ribeiro Juliana F. , Becker Rafael G. , Paise Gabriela , Tomasi Paulo S. , Vélez‐Garcia Felipe , Melo Geruza L. , Sponchiado Jonas , Cerezer Felipe , Barros Marília A. S. , de Souza Albérico Q. S. , dos Santos Cinthya C. , Giné Gastón A. F. , Kerches‐Rogeri Patricia , Weber Marcelo M. , Ambar Guilherme , Cabrera‐Martinez Lucía V. , Eriksson Alan , Silveira Maurício , Santos Carolina F. , Alves Lucas , Barbier Eder , Rezende Gabriela C. , Garbino Guilherme S. T. , Rios Élson O. , Silva Adna , Nascimento Alexandre Túlio A. , de Carvalho Rodrigo S. , Feijó Anderson , Arrabal Juan , Agostini Ilaria , Lamattina Daniela , Costa Sebastian , Vanderhoeven Ezequiel , de Melo Fabiano R. , de Oliveira Laroque Plautino , Jerusalinsky Leandro , Valença‐Montenegro Mônica M. , Martins Amely B. , Ludwig Gabriela , de Azevedo Renata B. , Anzóategui Agustin , da Silva Marina X. , Figuerêdo Duarte Moraes Marcela , Vogliotti Alexandre , Gatti Andressa , Püttker Thomas , Barros Camila S. , Martins Thais K. , Keuroghlian Alexine , Eaton Donald P. , Neves Carolina L. , Nardi Marcelo S. , Braga Caryne , Gonçalves Pablo R. , Srbek‐Araujo Ana Carolina , Mendes Poliana , de Oliveira João A. , Soares Fábio A. M. , Rocha Patrício A. , Crawshaw Peter , Ribeiro Milton C. , Galetti Mauro 
Published: February 2018

Measures of traits are the basis of functional biological diversity. Numerous works consider mean species‐level measures of traits while ignoring individual variance within species. However, there is a large amount of variation within species and it is increasingly apparent that it is important to consider trait variation not only between species, but also within species. Mammals are an interesting group for investigating trait‐based approaches because they play diverse and important ecological functions (e.g., pollination, seed dispersal, predation, grazing) that are correlated with functional traits. Here we compile a data set comprising morphological and life history information of 279 mammal species from 39,850 individuals of 388 populations ranging from −5.83 to −29.75 decimal degrees of latitude and −34.82 to −56.73 decimal degrees of longitude in the Atlantic forest of South America. We present trait information from 16,840 individuals of 181 species of non‐volant mammals (Rodentia, Didelphimorphia, Carnivora, Primates, Cingulata, Artiodactyla, Pilosa, Lagomorpha, Perissodactyla) and from 23,010 individuals of 98 species of volant mammals (Chiroptera). The traits reported include body mass, age, sex, reproductive stage, as well as the geographic coordinates of sampling for all taxa. Moreover, we gathered information on forearm length for bats and body length and tail length for rodents and marsupials. No copyright restrictions are associated with the use of this data set. Please cite this data paper when the data are used in publications. We also request that researchers and teachers inform us of how they are using the data.