Inventory of medium-sized and large mammals in the wetlands of Laguna de Terminos and Pantanos de Centla, Mexico

By

Hidalgo-Mihart Mircea G.
Contreras-Moreno, Fernando M.
De la Cruz, Alejandro Jesús
Juárez-López, Rugieri
Bravata De La Cruz, Yaribeth
Pérez-Solano, Luz A.
Hernández-Lara, Carolina
Friedeberg, Diana
Thornton, Dan
Koller-González, Juan M.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017-11-3

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

13

Series / Issue

Issue: 6

Pages

711--726

Subjects

Campeche , deforestation , Inventories , Natural Protected Areas , Tabasco

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/13.6.711

 

Abstract

Wetlands are one of the most productive ecosystems in the world. However, they have received little attention in the tropics. Biodiversity data from the Terminos-Centla wetlands is limited despite the conservation efforts to protect these wetlands. In this study we list the medium-szied and large mammals from 8 sites within the Terminos-Centla wetlands. We recorded 30 native and 1 introduced species, representing 9 orders, 14 families, and 27 genera. Four of the recorded species are Threatened, 9 Endangered, and 1 under special protection under Mexican legislation. Compared with other sites of southeastern Mexico, the area of the Terminos-Centla wetlands has a many more species. Our results highlight the Terminos-Centla wetlands as one of the most important systems of Mesoamerica for the medium-sized and large mammals and and underlines the urgent need to develop conservation strategies for the area.