Vol. 3 No. 2 (2012)
The cover includes images of different species of Mexican lagomorphs. Top right: San Jose Brush Rabbit, Baja California Sur (Sylvilagus mansuetus; photograph by A. Carrillo/CONABIO). Top left: antelope jackrabbit of Isla Tiburón, Sonora (Lepus alleni tiburonensis; photograph by T. M./CONABIO). Center right: Tehuantepec jackrabbit in the lagoon area of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca (Lepus flavigularis; photograph by A. Carrillo/CONABIO). Bottom left: black jackrabbit of Espiritu Santo Island, Baja California Sur (Lepus insularis; photograph by A. Carrillo/CONABIO). Bottom center: black-tailed jackrabbit of Magdalena Island and Margarita Island, Baja California Sur (Lepus californicus magdalenae; photograph by A. Carrillo/CONABIO). In the center: zacatuche or volcano rabbit in the Trans-Mexican Belt (Romerolagus diazi; photograph by H. Rangel). These species and subspecies have very restricted distributions; for several of them, basic aspects of their biology remain unknown. All are listed in a risk category (subject to special protection and in danger of extinction) in NOM-059, because of different human activities and natural threats to their populations and habitats.
Published:
2012-08-30
