Abstract

BRIONES-SALAS, Miguel; LUNA-KRAULETZ, María D.; MARIN-SANCHEZ, Ariadna  and  SERVIN, Jorge. Noteworthy records of two species of mammals in the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca, Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodiv. [online]. 2006, vol.77, n.2, pp.309-310. ISSN 2007-8706.

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 mas1) in the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca.

Keywords : Oaxaca; Sierra Madre de Oaxaca; Ateles geoffroyi; Canis latrans; distribution.

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