19 articles in this issue
Rafael Reyna
Rafael ReynaEl Colegio de la Frontera SurLerma, Campeche, 24010rreyna@ecosur.mx
Manolo José García Vettorazzi,Raquel Leonardo Manrique
Tapir distribution in Guatemala has dropped dramatically over the past century, causing populations to be restricted to protected areas of the northeastern region of the country. This study seeks to determine the conservation status of the species habitat... see more
Miguel Briones-Salas,Iván Lira-Torres,Rogelio Carrera-Treviño,Gerardo Sánchez-Rojas
The Chimalapas forests in Oaxaca, Mexico, still maintain populations of wild felids despite increased anthropogenic threats. These species have an important ecological role as predators within the carnivore assemblage. Nevertheless their distribution and ... see more
Diego J. Lizcano,Laura Cervera,Sueanny Espinoza-Moreira,Diana Poaquiza-Alava,Violeta Parés-Jiménez,Pablo J. Ramírez-Barajas
Introduction: Ecuador is a megadiverse country with high endemism rates. However, very few studies describe the diversity and abundance of medium and large mammals in protected areas of the coast. In this work we carried out the first inventory of medium ... see more
Eugenia Sántiz,Consuelo Lorenzo,Arturo Carrillo-Reyes,Darío Navarrete,Gerald Islebe
Climate change (CC) is modifying the habitat and distribution of wild fauna, causing distribution area reduction and/or altitudinal or latitudinal movements of species in response to increased temperatures and changes in precipitation. This increases the ... see more
Oscar Sánchez,Don E. Wilson
Macrotus waterhousii is a phyllostomid bat whose diet is poorly known, particularly in semiarid and temperate central Mexico. In this work additional information is reported from food remains discarded by this bat, including taxonomic composition, f... see more
Juan Sebastián Jiménez-Alvarado,Angélica Arias-Ocampo,Alexandra Pineda-Guerrero,Diego A Zárrate-Charry,I. Mauricio Vela-Vargas,Julio Chacón-Pacheco,José F. González-Maya
The Grison (Galictis vittata) is a mustelid carnivore with a wide distribution in the American continent, including Colombia. However, is one of the less studied carnivore species in Colombia, with scarce information regarding distribution, ecology and co... see more
Margarita García-Bastida,Francisco Martínez-de la Fuente,Alicia Vázquez-Venegas,Juan Luis Peña-Mondragón
The ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) is one of the six felid species recorded in Mexico, and it is present in diverse habitats. In Mexico it is listed as endangered (NOM-059, SEMARNAT-2010), but, information about its populations is limited, especially in Nuev... see more
Luis Manuel García-Feria,Brenda Alondra Cruz Pérez,Xitlali Sánchez-Girón
The infanticide is a normal behavior in different animal species. In primates of the genus Alouatta infanticide it has been observed in polygamous groups where death of infants is caused by unrelated males when a pregnant female joins a family group, or w... see more
Luz Adriana Pérez-Solano,Mircea Gabriel Hidalgo-Mihart,Salvador Mandujano
Introduction: Red brocket deer (Mazama temama) is a cervid distributed along Mexico and Central America, and an important element for subsistence hunters. However, the availability of information of this species is very limited, ... see more
Rosa Elena Galindo-Aguilar,Laura Cacelin-Castillo,Octavio César Rosas-Rosas,María Guadalupe Bravo-Vinaja,José Luis Alcántara-Carbajal,Verónica Vázquez-García
Ocelots are at risk of extinction despite being a wide distribution species. Its presence in Puebla has been recorded, and also the possibility of existence of biological corridor to southeastern Mexico. Part of that corridor is located in the Sierr... see more
Maarten P. G. Hofman,Johannes Signer,Matthew W. Hayward,Niko Balkenhol
The Maya Mountains are a heavily forested mountain range in Belize and Guatemala supporting high levels of biodiversity. Due to environmental degradation around the range, it is in danger of becoming isolated from the largest contiguous forest in Central ... see more
Fernando Marcos Contreras-Moreno,Keynes de la Cruz-Felix,Joaquin Bello-Gutíerrez,Mircea Gabriel Hidalgo-Mihart
The brocket deer (Mazama temama and M. pandora) are two of the Mexican tropical deer with great importance for subsistence and sport hunters. Brocket deer are considered species with preference for pristine habitats conserved, however at the landscape lev... see more
Elisa Sandoval-Seres,Rafael Reyna,Marcos Briceño-Mendes,Ruth De La Cerda-Vega
Water holes formed by precipitation in Calakmul region southern Mexico are of high importance for the conservation of many endangered species, such is the case of the Central American Tapir (Tapirus bairdii). These water holes locally named “aguadas” are ... see more
José Fernando Moreira-Ramírez,Rafael Reyna-Hurtado,Mircea Hidalgo-Mihart,Eduardo Naranjo,Milton Ribeiro,Rony Garcia-Anleu,Melvin Mérida,Gabriela Ponce-Santizo
Water is considered an essential nutrient for wildlife and, when not in the proper proportion, can be a limiting factor to populations. Differences in water dependency among ungulate species can arise through a variety of physiological, morphological and ... see more
Ninon Meyer,Ricardo Moreno,Edgar Sanches,Josue Ortega,Elliot Brown,Patrick A. Jansen
Ungulates play an essential role in terrestrial ecosystems, but suffer from hunting and habitat degradation which often results in their decline. Panama harbors five species of ungulate and is an important portion of the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor, ... see more
Brenda Muñoz Vazquez,Sonia Gallina Tessaro
Brocket deer inhabit two of the most threatened ecosystems in Mexico: the cloud forest and tropical evergreen forest, due to the lack of studies little is known about their current condition. However it is believed that it is threatened by various factors... see more
Bibiana Gómez,Olga Montenegro,Pedro Sánchez-Palomino
Six ungulate species inhabit the Colombian Guiana Shield, a patchily-distributed biogeographic region characterized by poor nutrient soils and by harboring the only forest in Colombia growing on a Precambrian surface. In Colombia, two protected areas are ... see more