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Bats.
CARMEN ISLAND
BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR

Responsible:
José Antonio Niño Ramírez.

Advisors:
Arnulfo Moreno and Arturo Jiménez.

Participant Institutions:
Organización Vida Silvestre, A.C., Bat Conservation International,
Biological Sciences Faculty of Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León.

Starting date: August 2000.

Finish date: November 2001.



By means of reviewing existing national and international collections, the bat species found at Carmen island will be determined.
 

Objectives:

1- To obtain a checklist of bat species found at Carmen Island, Baja California Sur.

2- To develop a field guide of the bat species found at the island, with descriptive, ecological, photographic and geographic information.

 

CURRENT

Herpetofauna.

 

COMPLETED

Ornitofauna.

Diversity and distribution of decapod crustaceans

Terrestrial mammals.

Herpetofauna.

Marine mammals

Vegetation ecology

Bioecology of the brine shrimp

Habitat use of the desert bighorn sheep

Nesting areas of the yellow-footed gull