Mamíferos del Parque Nacional Nombre de Dios, costa caribeña de Honduras, con nuevos registros para el Departamento de Atlántida

Authors

  • Julio Enrique Mérida Colindres Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Boulevar Suyapa, Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán, Honduras
  • Gustavo Adolfo Cruz Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Boulevar Suyapa, Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán, Honduras

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v6i2.629

Keywords:

National park foundation Nombre de Dios, Nombre de Dios range, CITES, Honduras.

Abstract

This is a preliminary species list for the mammals of Nombre de Dios National Park (PNND) based on 5 visits to 8 sampling sites in the following systems: a) low montane wet forest, b) Sub tropical wet forest, c) within the limits of these forests, and d) in Mangrove Forests of two coastal lakes.  We recorded 43 species belonging to 6 orders: Marsupialia, Xenarthra, Chiroptera, Primates, Perissodactyla, and Rodentia. The order with more families was Rodentia (6 = 35%), followed by Chiroptera with (5 = 29%). Nine species are in CITES, three in Appendix I, two in Appendix II  and three in Appendix III. We recorded the bat Hylonycteris underwoodi for the first time for Honduras and an endemic species from Central America Rhogeessa menchaue inhabits the park. There are 24 new records for Atlantis.

Author Biographies

  • Julio Enrique Mérida Colindres, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Boulevar Suyapa, Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán, Honduras
    Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Boulevar Suyapa, Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán, Honduras
  • Gustavo Adolfo Cruz, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Boulevar Suyapa, Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán, Honduras
    Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Boulevar Suyapa, Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán, Honduras

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2014-09-03

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How to Cite

Mamíferos del Parque Nacional Nombre de Dios, costa caribeña de Honduras, con nuevos registros para el Departamento de Atlántida. (2014). UNED Research Journal, 6(2), 233-237. https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v6i2.629