Mamíferos silvestres de la Unidad de Evaluación y Monitoreo de la Biodiversidad ”Ing. Luis Macías Arellano”, San Cayetano, Estado de México

Abstract

THE NATIVE MAMMALIAN SPECIES RECORDED AT UNIDAD DE EVALUACIÓN Y MONITOREO DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD ING. LUIS MACÍAS ARELLANO, SAN CAYETANO, ESTADO DE MEXICO, WERE 27 ESPECIES BELONGING TO 26 GENERA 12 FAMILIAS, AND SEVEN ORDERS FOUR SPECIES BELONGING TO FOUR GENERA AND ONE FAMILY WERE RECORDS BY SIGHT. FURTHERMORES TWO EXOTIC SPECIES OF RODENTS WERE RECORDED. THE SPECIES RICHNESS AND POPULATION LEVELS OF THIS MAMMAL COMMUNITY ARE NOT HIGH. UNFORTUNATELY, THE EXTENT OF HABITAT DISTURBANCE IS SIGNIFICANT. THEREFORE, WE RECOMMEND MORE RESEARCH TO GAIN INSIGHT INTO THE BIOLOGY OF THESE MAMMALS, AS WELL AS PROTECTIVE MEASURES TO ENSURE ITS FURTHER USE AND MANAGEMENT.