Open AccessNuevos registros de la ardilla voladora (Glaucomys volans) en Puebla: implicaciones de su presencia en áreas de aprovechamiento forestal
Author(s) -
Aarón Bueno-Cabrera,
Noé Gil-Flores,
Uriel Velázquez-Cerón,
Carlos Olivera-Ávila,
A. Gabriela Colodner-Chamudis
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
acta zoológica mexicana
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2448-8445
pISSN - 0065-1737
DOI - 10.21829/azm.2015.312997
Subject(s) - geography , forestry , archaeology
We report two new localities for the flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans) in Puebla, Mexico. First reported from the state in 1997 based on a mummified specimen found in 1994, our new records are based on a total of seven specimens from two different localities in the Sierra Norte de Puebla, located at least 70 km NE from the first record and 14 km NE from the nearest locality record (Tepozan, Hidalgo). These specimens were found in communal forest management units and we recommend that forest management practices include protection of trees used as nesting sites.