Las especies de talla mediana y grande estan representadas por especies con valor comercial como el pecari de collar (Dycotyles angulatus Cope, 1889) y el venado cola blanca (Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann, 1780), y por carnivoros como el puma (Puma concolor Linnaeus 1771), el tigrillo (Leopardus pardalis Linnaeus 1758), el coyote (Canis latrans Say 1822), la zorra gris (Urocyon cinereoargenteus Schreber 1775), el tlacuache (Didelphis virginiana Kerr, 1792), algunas especies de zorrillos (Mephitis macroura Lichtenstein 1832;
Conepatus leuconotus Lichtenstein, 1832; Spilogale putorius Linnaeus, 1758) y el tejon (Nasua narica Linnaeus, 1766) (Perez et al., 1994; Estrada Portillo, 2010).
For carnivore species whose distribution includes the United States, only one species remains for which home range or space-use patterns have not been examined: the American hog-nosed skunk (
Conepatus leuconotus; hereafter hog-nosed skunk; Rosatte and Lariviere, 2003).
Ferguson, Texas Tech University, for his paper entitled "Skunks at the crossroads: assessing the interplay between environmental, morphological, and genetic variation in the American hog-nosed skunk
Conepatus leuconotus."
Los pobladores entrevistados identificaron 25 especies de mamiferos de talla mediana y grande y corroboraron la presencia de las 18 especies registradas durante los recorridos, mientras que para siete especies no se encontro evidencia durante el trabajo de campo: cabeza de viejo (Eira barbara), nutria (Lontra longicaudis), tigrillo (Leopardus wiedii), yaguaroundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi), zorrillo (
Conepatus leuconotus), anteburro (Tapirus bairdii) y mono arana (Ateles geoffroyi).
Espinoza et al., 2003), excepto Puma yagouaroundi, Didelphis marsupialis, Sylvilagus sp, Canis latrans y
Conepatus leuconotus. Las especies mas abundantes de acuerdo con el IAR fueron Procyon lotor (IAR = 4.35), seguida de Nasua narica (IAR = 3.91).
Conepatus leuconotus leuconotus--Localities 13a and 22.
Five species, blacktail jackrabbit (Lepus californicus), ringtail (Bassariscus astutus), eastern hognose skunk (
Conepatus leuconotus), coyote (Canis latrans) and fulvous harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys fulvescens), are western, and six, armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), Baird's pocket gopher (Geomys bursairus), hispid pocket mouse (Perognathus hispidus), pygmy mouse (Baiomys taylori), jaguar (Felis onca) and ocelot (Felis pardalis) are central.
Ferguson for his research entitled "Skunks at the crossroads: assessing the interplay between environmental, morphological and genetic variation in the American hog-nosed skunk (
Conepatus leuconotus)." Adam is a PhD candidate at the Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
The Southwestern Association of Naturalists minutes of the business meeting, 61st annual meeting, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA, Friday-Saturday, 18-19 April 2014/The Southwestern Association of Naturalists actas de la reunion de negocios, 61a reunion anual, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA, Viernes-Sabado, 18-19 Abril 2014 wiedii, Galictis vittata, Eira barbara, Mephitis macroura,
Conepatus leuconotus y Potos flavus se registraron solo por comunicacion personal cerca de las fincas, no dentro de ellas.
Conepatus leuconotus - large naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tail; of southwestern North America and Mexico