Noteworthy records of two species of mammals in the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca, Mexico

Abstract

WE CONDUCTED MAMMAL SURVEYS IN THE SIERRA MADRE DE OAXACA (SIERRA NORTE) IN OAXACA, MEXICO, AND RECORDED THE OCCURRENCE OF TWO CONSPICUOUS MAMMAL SPECIES: THE SPIDER MONKEY (ATELES GEOFFROYI VELLEROSUS) AND THE COYOTE (CANIS LATRANS CAGOTTIS). SPIDER MONKEYS HAS NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY RECORDED IN THE SIERRA MADRE DE OAXACA, AND COYOTES HAVE NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY OBSERVED IN MEXICO AT ELEVATIONS AS HIGH AS THE PRESENT ONE (3 200 MASL) IN THE SIERRA MADRE DE OAXACA.