Distributional records for mammals from Chiapas, Mexico

New distributional mammal records are reported for Yaxchilan, Chiapas, Mexico, and Belize. Niceforo's large-eared bat Trinycteris nicefori (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) is documented for the first time for Mexico, providing the northwestern most locality for the species. A new Belizean locality...

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Autores: Escobedo-Morales, LA, Leon-Paniagua, L, Arroyo-Cabrales, J, Greenaway, F
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2006
País:México
Institución:Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Repositorio:Sistema de Información de la Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.fciencias.unam.mx:11154/3193
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11154/3193
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Biodiversity Conservation
Ecology
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Sumario:New distributional mammal records are reported for Yaxchilan, Chiapas, Mexico, and Belize. Niceforo's large-eared bat Trinycteris nicefori (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) is documented for the first time for Mexico, providing the northwestern most locality for the species. A new Belizean locality also is reported and constitutes the northernmost record. The dark Mexican shrew Cryptotis griseoventris (Soricomorpha, Soricidae) has been reported previously from the highlands from Chiapas, in coniferous forest at elevations above 2,100 m