Non-flying mammals of Los Tuxtlas region, Veracruz, Mexico

Abstract

Here we present an updated species list of native non-flying mammals in Los Tuxtlas region, Veracruz, a complex and environmentally relevant region for its biodiversity which has lost most of its original forest and is now under negative pressures which affect its natural communities and species, and thus modify the alfa, beta and gamma diversity patterns. Updated distribution and taxonomic information are basic for programs concerning environmental management and conservation among other studies. The list we present is based upon the revision of specimens deposited in scientific collections of Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, in national and international online databases. In this manner, we confirm therefore the presence of 52 species of non-flying mammals and discard 9 species still not confirmed yet in this region, but mentioned in various previous bibliographic sources.