Noteworthy records of three mammalian species from Oaxaca, Mexico

Authors

  • Elder Ruiz-Velásquez
  • Julia Venus Andrés-Reyes
  • Antonio Santos-Moreno

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7550/rmb.33961

Keywords:

Artibeus jamaicensis, Lontra longicaudis, Otospermophilus variegatus.

Abstract

This study documents the following: the first case of vertebrate predation by the fruit-eating bat Artibeusjamaicensis, the most distal point of distribution on the slope of the Gulf of Mexico in Oaxaca and highest altituderecorded in Mexico for the neotropical river otter Lontra longicaudis; the second and third localities for the state andthe southernmost limit of distribution for the ground squirrel Otospermophilus variegatus.

Author Biographies

Elder Ruiz-Velásquez

Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Teposcolula

Julia Venus Andrés-Reyes

Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Teposcolula

Antonio Santos-Moreno

Laboratorio de Ecología Animal. Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional, Unidad Oaxaca. InstitutoPolitécnico Nacional.

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Published

2015-01-14

How to Cite

Ruiz-Velásquez, E., Andrés-Reyes, J. V., & Santos-Moreno, A. (2015). Noteworthy records of three mammalian species from Oaxaca, Mexico. Revista Mexicana De Biodiversidad, 85(1). https://doi.org/10.7550/rmb.33961

Issue

Vol. 85 No. 1 (2014): MARZO

Section

NOTAS CIENTÍFICAS (cancelada desde 2017)