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Mamiferos Del Noroeste Deméxicoii MAMIFEROS DEL NOROESTE DEMÉXICOII Sergio Ticul Alvarez-Casiañeda y James L. Patton Editores eORA c,O�� :;¡,a "'� • 'o 'Z ' ® Ci:I WWF CJ 131':0R .. MAMÍFEROS DEL NOROESTE DE MÉXICO 11 Sergio Ticul Alvarez-Casteñeda Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, S. C. Mar Bermejo 195, A. P. 128 La Paz, Baja California Sur. 23090 México James L. Patton Museum of Vertebrate Zoology University of California Berkeley, California, 94720 United Sta.tes ofAmerica ... ' Responsable de edición: Sergio Ticu1 Alvarez-Castañeda Mapas: OsearAnnendáriz Portada: Gerardo Hernández Encargadode impresión:Margarito Rodríguez lmpresión y acabados:Ruben Andrade y SantiagoRodríguez Catálogode la bibliot�a del Congreso de EEUU Alvarez-Castañeda,Sergio Ticul y James L. Patton Mamíferos del noroeste de México II l. Mamíferos México,. I. Mamíferosdel noroeste de México QL722. M35 2000 ISBN 970-1�5275-3 Derechos reservados @ 2000 Centrode InvestigacionesBiológicas del Noroeste, S. C. Mar Bermejo, 195 Playa Palo Santa Rita,A. P. 128 La Paz, Baja CaliforniaSur, México, 23090 Impreso en los EstadosUnidos Mexicanos Printed in the UilitedStates ofMexico Contenido Generalidades Características generalidades del Noroeste de México (Alejandra Nieto-Garibay) .................... 13 Fisiografía ............................................................... , ........... , ................................................... 13 Hidrografia .............................................................................................................................. 14 Clima ................................... , ................................................................................................... 15 Suelos ....................................................................................................................................... l7 Vegetación .............................................................................................................................. 18 Areas protegidas en la Zona Noroeste de México .................................................................. 19 Islas ......................................................................................................................................... 21 Didelphímorphia Family Didelphidae (Alfred L. Gardner and Patricia Cortés-Calva) ........................................... 29 Didelphis ...................................................................................................................._ ............ 29 Marmosa ................................................................................................................................ 32 Insectivora Family Soricidae (Jesus E. Maldonado) ...................................................................................... 39 Sorex ...•..........,. ............................................................................. ........................................... 40 Notiosorex .............................................................................. , .............................. : ................. 43 Megasorex.......................................................................................... .................................... 46 Cryptotis ................................................................................................................................ 4 7 Family Talpidae (Jesus E. Maldonado) ....................................................................................... 53 Scapanus ................................................................................................................................. 53 Chiroptera Familia Emballonuridae (Luis Ignacio Iñiguez Dávalos) ............................................................ 57 Balantiopteryx ....................................................................................................................... 57 Diclidurus .............................................................................................................................. 59 Familia Noctilionidae (Sergio Ticul A1varez-Castañeda) ............................................................ 63 Noctilio .................................................................................................................................. 63 Familia Monnoopidae (Sergio Ticul Alvarez-Castañeda)........................................................... 67 Monnoops .............................................................................................................................. 67 Pteronotus ............................................................................................................................. 69 VI Contenido Familia Phyllostomidae (Tícul Alvarez y Juan Carlos López-Vidal) .......................................... 77 Macrotus ................................................................................................................................ 18 Micronycteris .................................................................................................................'"······· 82 Glossophaga ........................................................................................................................... 83 Anoura .................................................................................................................................... 89 Choeronycteris ..................................... , ................................................................................. 91 .;: Hylonycteris ......................................................................................................... , ................. 95 Leptonycteris ...................... ,........................................................................... --....................... 97 Stumira ................................. , ................................., ............................................................. 102 Chiroderma .......................................................................................................................... 105 Artibeus ................................................................................................................................ 107 Dermanura ........................................................................................................................... 114 Centuria ............................................................................................................................... 119 Desmodus .................................................................... , ........................................................ 121 Familia Nata1idae (Sergío Ticul Alvarez-Castañeda) ................................................................ 135 Natalus ................................................................................................................................. 135 Family Vespertilionidae (Michael A. Bogan) ............................................................................ 139 Myotis ................................................................................................................................... 141 Lasionycteris ........................................................................................................................ 159 Lasíurus ................................................................................................................................ l 59 Pipistrellus ............................................................................................................................ 1.64 Eptesicus ............................................................................................................................... 165 Rhogeessa.............................. ................................................................................................ 167 E11derma ..................................... , ....... , ................................................................................. 169 Jdionycteris ................................................................................. , ........................... 1 ............. l 70 Corynorhínus.................... .................................................................................................... 171 Bauerus ................................................................................................................................. 173 Antrozous .............................................................................................................................. 114 Familia Molossidae (Joaquín ArroyerCabrales) ........................................................................ 183 Eumops .................................................................................................................................. 183 Molossops ............................................................................................................................ 185 Molossus ............................................................................................................... ....... , .......... 185 Nyctinomops ......................................................................................................................... 188 Tadarida ................................................................................................................................ 192 Lagomorpha Familia Leporidae (Femando A. Cervantes, Consuelo Lorenzo y Julieta Vargas) ................... 199 Sylvilagus...................................................................................
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