Los Mamíferos del Estado de Michoacán

The Wild mammals have been studied in Michoacán since the eighteenth century.However, the information available to the state was scattered. Therefore the goal is to this analysis is to provide an update on the taxonomic richness of terrestrial wild mammals in the state of Michoacán synthesis. There are records of 161 species of 9 orders, 25 families and 94 genera, representing 32% of the species in Mexico. The order with the highest number of species is Chiroptera with 74 species representing 53% of the species of order in Mexico. Despite the central location of Michoacánin the country, and being a sampled by numerous researchers state, there is still lack of information to remote regions, and in some species. For example, the jaguar is no information to 2010, despite being the largest feline in the country.Another limitation to the proper interpretation of mammals state aspect is the age of many records as the most complete studies at regional level, so that the current situation presented populations of many species are unknown. In Michoacánfound its northern boundary in the Pacific three widespread species in the Neotropics, Tamandua mexicana, Potos flavus and Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine, which must be delimited areas to protect their populations.