14 articles in this issue
Rosario del Ángel,Salvador Mandujano
The white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus, is poorly known in the state of Veracruz, Mexico. In this paper we report the relationships between deer population density and vegetation variables in a landscape in Tantoyuca, northern Veracruz. ... see more
Antonio de la Torre,Marina Rivero
Jaguars (Panthera onca) and pumas (Puma concolor) are sympatric throughout the entire range of the jaguar. Pumas are smaller in areas where they are sympatric with jaguars and their body size is larger outside the distribution range of jaguars. This patte... see more
Francisco Cruz García,Armando Jesús Contreras Balderas,Rigel Nava Castillo,Juan Pablo Gallo-Reynoso
The Neotropical otter is a predator located in the upper trophic level; its geographical distribution stretches from northern Mexico to central Argentina. It lives in river banks, where it rests, plays, marks its territory, cleans its fur and breeds its o... see more
David A. Prieto-Torres,Gonzalo Pinilla-Buitrago
The water opossum (Chironectes minimus) is an elusive and solitary Neotropical semi-aquatic species, whose population dynamics cannot be studied using traditional methods to capture small mammals. Therefore, some aspects of its distribution, habitat... see more
Marcos Briceño,Eduardo Naranjo Piñera,Gabriela Pérez Irineo,Elisa Sandoval Serés,Yamili Contreras Perera,Mircea Hidalgo Mihart
The prevalent and increasing situations such as the expansion of areas for agricultural use, livestock raising and hunting represent the most complex issues for the conservation of wild species. Mammals of the Order Carnivora are key species in ecosystems... see more
José Ramírez-Pulido,Noé González-Ruiz,Diego F. García-Mendoza
Several works address the accumulated knowledge on Mexican mammals and document with a high degree of certainty the history and current status of mammalogy in Mexico. Given the amount of information gathered to date, our interest focused on quantifying an... see more
Franger J. García,Marjorie Machado,Mariana Isabel Delgado-Jaramillo,Oriana Vásquez-Parra
The shrew Cryptotis aroensis from Sierra de Aroa, Venezuela, was recently described. Little is known on the natural history of the species. This note reports the first records on the foraging behavior of C. aroensis in captivity feeding on invertebr... see more
Jorge Ayala-Berdón,Víctor Solís-Cárdenas
Hibernation is a strategy allowing bats to save energy when food availability and ambient temperature are low. Four decades ago, an altitudinal migration of the bat Myotis velifer to a hibernating site was registered in Mexico. However, no records or char... see more
Jesús García-Grajales,Alejandra Buenrostro Silva,Eunice Rodríguez-Rafael,Juan Meraz
The knowledge of Mesoplodon peruvianus species about its distribution and ecology is limited, because the range of the species is unknown. Mainly due to their inconspicuous behaviour. A survey was conducted from November 2014 to January 2015 along a near ... see more
Sonia Gallina,Luis García Feria,Rolando González-Trápaga
The plant locally known as ocotillo, Fouquieria splendens (Fouquieriaceae) is a shrub distributed in arid zones of Mexico and southwestern United States. In Mapimí Biosphere Reserve, Durango, it has not leaves for most of the year; these emerge after the ... see more
Cintya A. Segura-Trujillo
Bats are a highly diverse group at various levels (taxonomic, morphological, genetic, etc). It is also diverse from the trophic standpoint, and includes six food guilds recorded in their species: frugivorous, nectarívorous, sanguivorous, piscivorous,... see more
Paulo Cesar Quintana-Morales,Jorge E. Morales-Mávil,Mateo Escobar-Aliaga,Rocio Bravo-Xicotencatl
The interaction between primate groups and the dynamics involved in the use of space are important factors affecting both competition for resources and intergroup dominance. In the present study we analyzed the differences in home range overlap and interg... see more
Ismari Ramírez Lucho,Rosamond Coates,Alvar González-Christen
Bat species in Neotropical regions are known to reach a high diversity. The Chiropteran fauna contributes significantly to the ecological dynamics of tropical forests and are excellent indicators of the state of conservation. The Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz has... see more