Geographical extension of Chaetodipus fallax (Rodentia: Heteromyidae) in the Baja California Peninsula
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Issac Camargo
Abstract
We report two new locations for Chaetodipus fallax (Merriam 1889) in Baja California Sur, Mexico: the first, south of San Ignacio; and the second, in the plains of Magdalena Bay. These are the southernmost records for the presence of this species and broaden the species’ previously known distribution range in ~400 km. We suggest that changes in weather conditions could explain the southward expansion of the distribution of C. fallax in Baja California Peninsula.
Funding source: Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología
Award Identifier / Grant number: 151189
Funding statement: We acknowledge the financial support provided by the Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (JF209), Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (151189).
Acknowledgments:
We thank C. Cornejo, A. Rodríguez-Silva and D. Santos for their field assistance. We express our gratitude to Jorge Salazar for reviewing the specimens of Chaetodipus deposited in the Mammal Collection at Texas Tech University. We acknowledge the financial support provided by the Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (JF209), Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (151189).
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- Frontmatter
- Original Studies
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- Seasonal variation in the diet of the grey goral (Naemorhedus goral) in Machiara National Park (MNP), Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan
- Environmental factors affecting the distribution of three armadillo species (Xenarthra, Dasypodidae) in Argentina
- The heterogeneity of Caatinga biome: an overview of the bat fauna
- Seasonality and habitat influence on bat assemblage structure in an urban Atlantic Forest remnant from Southeastern Brazil
- Geographic morphometric and environmental differentiation of the water opossum, genus Chironectes Illiger, 1811 (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae)
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- Genetic differentiation of the Korean striped field mouse, Apodemus agrarius (Muridae, Rodentia), based on microsatellite polymorphism
- The Persian squirrel of Kurdistan Province, western Iran: what determines its geographic distribution?
- Short Notes
- Geographical extension of Chaetodipus fallax (Rodentia: Heteromyidae) in the Baja California Peninsula
- Yellow armadillos (Euphractus sexcinctus) can predate on vertebrates as large as a chicken
- Filling the gap: first record of the transparent-winged big-eared bat Histiotus diaphanopterus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in southwestern Brazil
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Original Studies
- Southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) off Torres, Brazil: group characteristics, movements, and insights into the role of the Brazilian-Uruguayan wintering ground
- Seasonal variation in the diet of the grey goral (Naemorhedus goral) in Machiara National Park (MNP), Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan
- Environmental factors affecting the distribution of three armadillo species (Xenarthra, Dasypodidae) in Argentina
- The heterogeneity of Caatinga biome: an overview of the bat fauna
- Seasonality and habitat influence on bat assemblage structure in an urban Atlantic Forest remnant from Southeastern Brazil
- Geographic morphometric and environmental differentiation of the water opossum, genus Chironectes Illiger, 1811 (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae)
- Genetic variation in Heteromys nelsoni (Rodentia: Heteromyidae) reveals its possible natural extinction
- Genetic differentiation of the Korean striped field mouse, Apodemus agrarius (Muridae, Rodentia), based on microsatellite polymorphism
- The Persian squirrel of Kurdistan Province, western Iran: what determines its geographic distribution?
- Short Notes
- Geographical extension of Chaetodipus fallax (Rodentia: Heteromyidae) in the Baja California Peninsula
- Yellow armadillos (Euphractus sexcinctus) can predate on vertebrates as large as a chicken
- Filling the gap: first record of the transparent-winged big-eared bat Histiotus diaphanopterus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in southwestern Brazil
