Análisis de la fauna de roedores del área de El Cedral, San Luis Potosí, México

Abstract

IN THE SEMIDESERTIC AREA OF EL CEDRAL, SAN LUIS POTOSI, MEXICO, 699 RODENTS BELONGING TO 18 SPECIES WERE COLLECTED FROM 18 LOCALITIES WHICH WERE GROUPED IN SEVEN TYPES CONSIDERED ACCORDING WITH THE VEGETATION. THE FAUNISTICAL SIMILITARY WAS OBTAINED WITHIN TYPE OF VEGETATION AND THE LOCALITIES ALONE. THE GENUS ONYCHOMYS IS RELATED PRINCIPALLY WITH THE GOBERNADORA AND MEZQUITALES, PEROGNATHUS IS ONLY WITH THE FIRST ONE, NEOTOMA GOLDMANI AND PEROMYSCUS HOOPERI ARE ONLY PRESENT IN MATORRAL ROSETOFILO, ALL THE OTHER SPECIES ARE NOT RELATED WITH A SPECIFIC TYPE OF VEGETATION.