Gray Whales in Baja California
Hello mammalwatchers, I need some advice. We are planning a six-week trip to North America, starting in Baja California and returning home from Vancouver. Some of the target specie
Research article : Terrestrial mammals’ cave use in Mexico
One of the few times something new and mammal-related crosses my work desk! Camera trap research indicates that non-flying mammals use caves far more than previously expected, incl
Assorted news
A few news bits: 1. A review of Chiroderma bats. Compared to HBW/IUCN version, it considers vizottoi a subspecies of doriae, but splits scopaeum and gorgasi as full species. 2. How
Taxonomy news
A couple taxonomy news: 1. Peromyscus mice are usually very easy to ID even in areas with many species present, so I’m sure nobody will be confused by yet another species bei
Mexico: Yucatan Peninsula (Jan 2019)
This last-minute 3-night visit with Juan Cruzado Cortes was arranged as a follow-up to a longer trip focusing on the peninsula’s mammals in March 2018. Both of us were less prepa
range map for two endemic k-rats in central Mexico
Report from the literature, not the field, is all that is in this post. (Sorry.) This is Charles Hood and checking an online mammal journal tonight turned up a range map for two en
new book, “Keys for Identifying Mexican Mammals”
No sightings, just a report on a new book. I have not seen it; text below is cut and pasted from a blog called “bird booker report.” / Charles Hood +++ Álvarez-Castañ
ID help wanted with Mexican mammals
Hi all. I wonder if anyone out there can help me identify some mammals (mostly squirrels) I saw on a a birding trip to western Mexico in 1999. The volume of “Mammals of the N