Mastofauna del Cerro de la Tuza, Oaxaca

(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) A checklist of the mammals of the Cerro de la Tuza is presented. This area is located in the pacific coast of the State of Oaxaca. Periodical sampling periods were carried out between August 2003 andJuly 2005, 52 species, 22 families and 9 orders, of mammals were recorded. The Cerro de la Tuza is one of the last remants of natural vegetation in the Oaxaca coast. It maintains 11.52% of the total mammalian species in Mexico and the 27% of the state of Oaxaca.