Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Tamandua FAMILY - Myrmecophagidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Tamandua mexicana mexicana REFERENCES - 3 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Uncommon: occur at low density in proper habitat. 7 Threatened throughout range 4 - Comments on Status 4* CITES III (Guatemala). Threatened by habitat destruction throughout much of range. District Reference Belize 2 Cayo 2 Corozal 2 Orange Walk 2 Stann Creek 2 Toledo 2 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Altun Ha Archaeological Reserve Collected as voucher March 17 Slate Creek Preserve 14 Community Baboon Sanctuary 13 Community Baboon Sanctuary 12 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Sign, tracks/scat Dry season 10 Mussel Creek Drainage (Proposed) Dry season 9 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Permanent 8 Shipstern Nature Reserve 7 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 6 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 5 Private land, see comments Wet season 11 Gallon Jug Sighting 15 Shipstern Nature Reserve Photographed Dry season 16 Gallon Jug Collected as voucher February 18 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher March 18 Altun Ha Archaeological Reserve Collected as voucher March 17 Hydrologic Association Reference Macal River 10 Cox's Lagoon 9 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 17 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 14 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 13 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 12 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 9 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 11 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 11 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 10 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 7 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 6 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 5 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 15 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 16 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 18 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 18 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 17 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Subtropical moist 17 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 18 Subtropical moist 18 Subtropical moist 16 General Distribution Comments 17* ROM Rockstone Pond. 18* LSU Pomona, 2 mi. E. 11* Gold Button Ranch 10* Rubber Camp and Francelia Camp, detected by feeding burrows. References 1 McCarthy, T. J. 1993. Checklist: Mammals of Belize. BAS Newsletter 25 (2-3). 2 Hall, E. R. 1981. Mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley & Sons. New York. 1:277-278 3 Wilson, D. E., D. M. Reeder. 1993. Mammal Species of the World, a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second ed. Smithsonian Inst. p.68 4 Emmons, L. H. 1990. Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, a field guide. University of Chicago Press. Chicago and London. p.34 5 Rabinowitz, A.; B. G. Nottingham, Jr. 1989. Mammal species richness and relative abundance of small mammals in a subtropical wet forest of Central America. Mammalia V. 53, No. 2, pp.217-226 6 Jacobson, S. 1990. Wildlife Inventory of the Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area. Parts I and II. Appendix 2. 7 Meerman, J. C. 1993. Mammals of the Shipstern Nature Reserve. Occasional Papers of the Belize Natural History Society. 2:11, pp.83-85 8 Clark, W. 1993. A contribution to the mammals of the Mountain Pine Ridge; Hidden Valley Inn, Cayo District, Belize, Central America. Unpub. report for WCS. pp.7-8 9 Hunt, H. R., J. Tamarack. 1992. Cox Lagoon Crocodile Preserve. Unpub. report. pp.3-4 10 Clark, W. C. 1992. Mammal Surveys Along the Macal River in Areas to be Affected by the Belize Electricity Board's Proposed Hydroelectric Project. pp.3-16. Draft report in Macal River Hydroelectric Development Environmental Impact Assessment Rubber Camp and Chalillo Schemes Pre-feasibility Study - Draft Environmental Appendix. Volume II of III. 11 Platt, S. 1993. Wildlife Survey of Gold Button Ranch, Belize. Unpublished report. 12 O'Connell, S. 1987. in Horwich, R. H. and J. Lyon. The Community Baboon Sanctuary, A Guide Book. Orangu-tan Press, Gays Mills, WI. pp. 113. 13 O'Connell, S. 1987. in Horwich, R. H. and J. Lyon. The Community Baboon Sanctuary, A Guide Book. Orangu-tan Press, Gays Mills, WI. pp. 113. 14 Meerman, J. C. 1994. Unpublished data, Slate Creek Preserve. 15 Miller, C.M., B.W. Miller. 1994 (Nov.). Working Checklist: Mammals of Gallon Jug and Chan Chich Lodge Area. Unpublished list. 16 Quigley, H. B., B. W. Miller, C. M. Miller. 1995. Mammal Survey, Shipstern Nature Reserve, April 4-13, 1995. Unpublished report for ITCF. 17 ROM. 1995. Collections data from mammal department, Royal Ontario Museum. 18 LSU Museum of Natural Science, Belize collection. August 31, 1995. Curator: Mark S. Hafner.
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