Bats of Colima, Mexico (original) (raw)
1972
Thirteen types of vegetation were recognized in Jalisco by Rzedowski and McVaugh {op. cit.), but vast areas, especially in the Canyon Region and along the Pacific Coast have not been sampled extensively, and much of the analysis of these and other remote areas was accomplished with the aid of aerial photographs. The most extensive of the vegetational types recognized by them were tropical subdeciduous forest, tropical deciduous forest, thorn forest, subtropical scrub, grassland, and pine-oak forest. Human influence.-The influence of man on the natural vegetation is partic¬ ularly accented in the heavily populated areas near Guadalajara and Lake Chapala. Man's impact is less noticeable in the northeast, northwest, and south, and least influential along the Pacific Coast, where population density is low. Nomadic agriculture has been the major cause of disturbance to the native vegetation, but fire and overgrazing also have been carried to extremes in some areas. With the exception of certain areas near the Pacific Coast, few parts of Jalisco have escaped significant human disturbance. Mining operations have accounted for disruption in some areas. METHODS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Families, genera, and species of bats recorded in this report are arranged following Hall and Kelson (1959). Appropriate taxonomic changes have been made to conform with the literature that has appeared since their work was published. Remarks on natural history, if available, are recorded in each species account and taxonomic comments are included where appropriate. Measurements are given in millimeters and, unless otherwise noted, are of adults. Weights are in grams. Cranial measurements are listed in some accounts; in all cases, greatest length of skull includes the incisors. Micronycteris sylvestris (Thomas, 1896) Brown Small-eared Bat Specimens examined (4).-10 km. NW Soyatlan del Oro, 4 (UNAM).
NEW RECORDS OF MAMMALS FROM HIDALGO AND GUERRERO, MEXICO
Southwestern Naturalist, 2004
This paper reports the first record of the bats Enchisthenes hartii and Natalus stramineus in the state of Hidalgo and of the rodent Nyctomy' .,umichrasti in the state of Guerrero, Mexico. These records increase the known range of these species. External and cranial measurements and reproductive condition of the specimens are reported. We also include the habitat where they were captured and the presence therein of other "mall mammals.
ANNALS OF CARNEGIE MUSEUM Visiting Museum Specialist, Section of Mammals
Annals of Carnegie Museum
The systematics, distribution, and ecology of the Didelphimorphia, Xenarthra, Chiroptera, Primates, Carnivora, Perissodactyla, Artiodactyla, and Lagomorpha of Tucumán Province, Argentina, are summarized. Sixty-eight species belonging to 16 families are considered; two species are of probable occurrence (Tayassu pecarí and Myrmecophaga tridactyla), and another species occurred in the province within the memories of locals living in the area (Cebus apella). A checklist also contains information on occurrence and status. Species accounts provide data on taxonomy, specimens examined and additional records, standard external and cranial morphological measurements, reproduction, molting, habitat preferences, general natural history, and other information. Geography, climate, and vegetation of the province are summarized. Mammal extirpations, potential threats to species, and mammalian conservation are discussed.
2016
Colección Nacional de Mamíferos (CNMA) is an important Mexican mammalian collection that meets international standards of curatorial procedures and follows domestic and international regulations. It holds the largest number of museum mammalian specimens from México of any Mexican biological collection, and keeps representatives of nearly 90% of Mexican taxa. Skins, skulls, skeletons, fluid-preserved specimens, and frozen tissues are the main preservation types. Most taxonomic representatives are small mammals such as mice, bats, shrews, and lagomorphs from almost every major political division of México, and ecosystems of temperate and tropical affinity. CNMA holdings contain important voucher specimens such as extinct taxa, endemic species, and unique specimens. Taxonomic and geographic data for most specimens are available online and also in digital file format including images. CNMA specimens actively contribute to environmental education and teaching through routine activities o...
Tejedor MF, Czaplewski N, Goin FJ, Aragón E (2005) Oldest South American Bats.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25 (4): 990-993, 2005
A new Paleogene mammal fauna was recently recovered in northwestern Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina. The mammal-bearing strata belong to the Middle Chubut River volcanic-pyroclastic complex, of Paleocene-Eocene age. The site, named Laguna Fría, is about 50 km west of the town of Paso del Sapo, on the property of Estancia San Ramón, and has produced hundreds of vertebrate fossils, especially mammals. Among the Laguna Fría taxa, there are several species referable to almost all the South American marsupial orders, including Peradectia (Peradectidae, Caroloameghiniidae), Sparassodonta (Borhyaenidae), Microbiotheria (Microbiotheriidae), Polydolopimorphia (Glasbiidae, Gashterniidae, Polydolopidae), Didelphimorphia (Protodidelphidae, Derorhynchidae, Sternbergiidae), and Paucituberculata (family indet.). Also, dasypodid xenarthrans are represented, as well as several orders of South American ‘ungulates’ such as ‘condylarths,’ litopterns, notopterns, notoungulates, and astrapotheres. However, a remarkable new occurrence is the oldest record of bats for South America, described herein. The specimens are deposited in the paleontological collection of the LIEB (Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Evolución y Biodiversidad), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Sede Esquel, Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia “San Juan Bosco”.
Revised checklist of bats (Chiroptera) of Mexico and Central America
1988
and Panama, a geographic unit fre¬ quently referred to in accounts of individual species as Middle America. Continued interest in the chiropteran fauna of this broad region, most of which lies in the Neotropical Realm, suggested to us the need for an updated list of that fauna accompanied by appropriate brief remarks on the distribution and systematics of included species. Such a list should prove of considerable value to biologists, particularly those engaged in field-oriented studies. Jones et al. (1977) compiled a similar list more than 10 years ago. That same year was used for termination of formal entries into Hall's (1981) compendium. The Mammals of North America (see for synonomies, keys, and distribution maps), although some information published subsequently was included in addenda at the end of the second volume of that work. Using these two sources as a beginning point, we have attempted to summarize through the end of 1987, with a few citations from early in 1988, the considerable literature relating to faunistics and systematics of Middle American bats published in the past decade. A few publications dated 1976 or earlier that aid in clarity of text also are cited. Although rarely mentioned specifically, the three recent bibliographic references to Mexican mammals by Ramirez-P. et 2 OCCASIONAL PAPERS MUSEUM TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY al. (1982, 1983, 1986) were regularly consulted. By necessity, we have taken minor liberties both in text and in the list of cited literature in standardizing some names of Latin American authors with respect to hyphens and terminal capitalized letters. In the accounts that follow, families, subfamilies, and genera are arranged in generally accepted phylogenetic sequence. Species of polytypic genera are, however, entered alphabetically. Subge¬ neric headings are not employed, but subgeneric distinctions are mentioned in text. For each species, information on distribution and systematics applies only to Middle America, although indication is given of occurrence to the north or south of that region as well. Many Neotropical bats occur northward dendritically in the lowlands of eastern or western Mexico, or both, occasionally reaching the United States, and we have assumed a general acquaintance with this situation on the part of the reader. Several colleagues were kind enough to offer comments on a preliminary draft of this checklist, for which we are extremely grateful. In this regard, we especially acknowledge Alfred L.