Animal Info - Mexico
Contents
Threatened Species, Environmental
and Social Data (Mammals, Biodiversity/Ecosystems,
Population, Area/Land Use, Protected Lands, Economy, Education), References
and Links
Threatened Species
Threatened Species: The following list
includes all mammals which occur in Mexico and are rated as Critically
Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN) or Vulnerable (VU) in the 2004
IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals.
- Critically Endangered:
- Chiapan Climbing Rat (Tylomys bullaris). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- False Canyon Mouse (Peromyscus pseudocrinitus).
(Endemic to Mexico.)
- Flat-headed Myotis (Bat) (Myotis planiceps). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Margarita Island Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys margaritae). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Nelson's Spiny Pocket Mouse (Heteromys nelsoni). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Oaxacan Pocket Gopher (Orthogeomys cuniculus).
(Endemic to Mexico.)
- Omiltemi Rabbit (Sylvilagus
insonus). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Querétaro Pocket Gopher (Pappogeomys neglectus).
(Endemic to Mexico.)
- San Jose Island Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys insularis). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Slevin's Mouse (Peromyscus slevini). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Tumbala Climbing Rat (Tylomys tumbalensis). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Vaquita (Phocoena
sinus).
- Endangered:
- Allen's Yellow Bat (Rhogeessa alleni). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Anthony's Woodrat (Neotoma
anthonyi). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Big Long-nosed Bat (Leptonycteris nivalis).
- Blue Whale (Balaenoptera
musculus).
- Bryant's Woodrat (Neotoma bryanti). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Bunker's Woodrat (Neotoma
bunkeri). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Cozumel Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys spectabilis). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Cozumel Island Coati (Nasua nelsoni). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Cozumel Island Raccoon (Procyon pygmaeus). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Dickey's Deer Mouse (Peromyscus dickeyi). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus).
- Findley's Myotis (Myotis findleyi). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Jico Deer Mouse (Habromys simulatus). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Least Yellow Bat (Rhogeessa mira). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Mexican Prairie Dog (Cynomys
mexicanus). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Michoacan Pocket Gopher (Zygogeomys trichopus). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Miller's Myotis (Bat) (Myotis milleri). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Nelson's Woodrat (Neotoma nelsoni). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Northern Right Whale
(Eubalaena glacialis).
- Perote Mouse (Peromyscus bullatus). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- San Cristobal Shrew (Sorex stizodon). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- San Esteban Island Mouse (Peromyscus stephani). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- San Lorenzo Mouse (Peromyscus interparietalis).
(Endemic to Mexico.)
- San Martin Island Woodrat (Neotoma
martinensis). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- San Quintin Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys
gravipes). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Sclater's Shrew (Sorex sclateri). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris).
- Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis).
- Tehuantepec Jackrabbit (Lepus
flavigularis). (Endemic to
Mexico.)
- Tres Marias Rabbit (Sylvilagus
graysoni). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Tres Marias Raccoon (Procyon insularis). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Turner Island Woodrat (Neotoma varia). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Volcano Rabbit (Romerolagus
diazi). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Vulnerable:
- Alcorn's Pocket Gopher (Pappogeomys alcorni).
(Endemic to Mexico.)
- American Manatee (Trichechus manatus).
- Arizona Shrew (Sorex arizonae).
- Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii).
- Banana Bat (Musonycteris harrisoni).
(Endemic to Mexico.)
- Barbary Sheep (Ammotragus lervia). (Introduced
populations.)
- Black-tailed Mouse (Peromyscus melanurus). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Burt's Deer Mouse (Peromyscus caniceps). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- California Leaf-nosed Bat (Macrotus californicus).
- Carmen Mountain Shrew (Sorex milleri). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Central American Woolly Opossum (Caluromys derbianus).
- Chiapan Deer Mouse (Peromyscus zarhynchus). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Chihuahuan Mouse (Peromyscus polius). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Eastern Pocket Gopher (Geomys tropicalis). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Fishing Bat (Myotis vivesi). (Endemic
to Mexico.)
- Genoways's Yellow Bat (Rhogeessa genowaysi). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Guadalupe Fur Seal (Arctocephalus townsendi).
- Hairy Fruit-eating Bat (Artibeus hirsutus). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena).
- Humpback Whale (Megaptera
novaeangliae).
- Mexican Vole (Microtus mexicanus).
- Peninsular Myotis ( Bat) (Myotis peninsularis). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Puebla Deer Mouse (Peromyscus mekisturus). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Southern Long-nosed Bat (Leptonycteris curasoae).
- Sperm Whale (Physeter catodon).
- Townsend's Big-eared Bat (Plecotus townsendii).
- Tres Marias Island Mouse (Peromyscus madrensis). (Endemic to Mexico.)
- Van Gelder's Bat (Antrozous dubiaquercus).
Environmental and Social Data
Mammals
Total number of species: 450 (Groombridge
& Jenkins 1994)
Number of endemic species: 140 (Groombridge & Jenkins 1994)
Number of threatened species: 1996:
64 (14 of
total species) (IUCN 1996); 2000:
73 (16 % of total species) (IUCN 2000)
Biodiversity/Ecosystems
Mexico contains the Southern Mexican Dry Forests, Mexican Highland Lakes,
Mexican Mangroves, and Sea of Cortez Global 200 Ecoregions as
well as portions of the Mexican Pine-Oak Forests, Sonoran & Baja Deserts,
Chihuahuan & Tehuacan Deserts, California Chaparral & Woodlands, Colorado River,
Chihuahuan Rivers & Springs, Central American Mangroves, Meso-American Reef, and
Californian Current Global
200 Ecoregions (Olson &
Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999)
Mexico contains portions of the Meso-American Forests Global
Biodiversity Hotspot (Cons. Intl. 1999a)
Mexico is a Megadiversity
Country (Cons. Intl. 1999b)
Population
Population in 1995: 93,674,000 (Natl.
Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population density in 1995: 47.8 people/sq km (123.9 people/sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population in 1998: 98,552,776 (World
Almanac 1999)
Average population growth rate, 1980 - 1990: 2.0 % (World Bank 1992)
Area/Land Use
Area: 1,958,202 sq km (756,066 sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Percentages of primary world ecosystem types:
- Other Coastal Aquatic: 6 %
- Desert and Semi-desert: 15 %
- Grass and Shrub: 28 %
- Crop and Settlements: 13 %
- Interrupted Woods: 11 %
- Major Forests: 27 %
(Groombridge 1992)
Percent of land area classified as the following degree of human disturbance: Low:
23 %, Medium: 33 %, High: 44 % (WRI 1994)
Protected Lands
Area: 100,730 sq km (38,882 sq mi) (Groombridge
1992)
Percent of land protected: 1.13 % totally protected, 3.98 % partially protected,
5.11 % totally or partially protected (Groombridge
1992)
Economy
Per capita GNP ($ U.S.) (1991): $2,971 (WRI
1994)
Per capita GDP ($ U.S.) (1996): $8,100 (World Almanac 1999)
Education
Percent of females in secondary education (1989): 53 % (World Bank 1992)
Percent adult literacy: Female: 85 % (1990), 69 % (1970); Male: 90 % (1990), 78 %
(1970) (WRI 1994)
References and Links
References: Cons. Intl. 1999a, Cons. Intl. 1999b, Groombridge 1992, Groombridge
& Jenkins 1994, IUCN 1994, IUCN 1996,
IUCN 2000, IUCN
2004, Natl. Geog.
Soc. 1995, Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999, World Almanac 1999, World Bank 1992, WRI 1994
General Links (After you get to one of these sites, click on the link
for Mexico): CIA
World Factbook, Foreign
Embassies of Washington, D.C., Library
of Congress - Country Studies, University
of Texas - Country Maps, Washington
Post - Countries, World
Resources Institute - Country Profiles
Links for Mexico: AMCELA
(Mexican Association for the Conservation and Study of Lagomorphs (Rabbits and
Hares)) (Spanish), Comisión Nacional para el
Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (Spanish), Instituto
de Biología (Spanish), The Nature
Conservancy - Mexico, WWF - Mexico (English
and Spanish), WWF
Expeditions - The Mesoamerican Reef
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