Unseen for 43 years! A new occurrence of Glaucomys volans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Rodentia, Sciuridae) in Honduras

By

Turcios-Casco, Manfredo
Hernández, Golver S.
Mancía, Felix E.
Molinero, Carlos F.
Muñoz, José
López, Celeste María
Ordóñez-Garza, Nicté

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023-2-28

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

19

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

133--139

Subjects

Central America , forestry management , pine forest , silvicultural activities , Southern flying squirrel

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/19.1.133

 

Abstract

We report an occurrence of Glaucomys volans (Linnaeus, 1758) in Honduras after 43 years since its last verified record. The observation was in an area in which forestry and silvicultural activities are carried out for the sustainable exploitation of logging and timber of Pinus oocarpa in Las Lechuzas, department of Olancho (eastern Honduras). This record supports the initiation of new conservation activities in areas in which forestry is being implemented; population studies and the protection of their refuges are the priorities at its southernmost locality.