Patricia Cortés-Calva,^1,* Juan Pablo Gallo-Reynoso,^2,** José Delgadillo-Rodríguez,^3,*** Consuelo Lorenzo,^4,**** Sergio Ticul Álvarez-Castañeda<sup>1,*****,******

1</sup>1Centra de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste S. C. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 195 La Paz,
²2Centro de Investigación y Alimentación y Desarrollo A. C. Unidad Guaymas Carretera al Varadero Naci
³3Facultad de Ciencias Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Ensenada, Baja California 22830 México
⁴4El Colegio de la Frontera Sur Departamento Conservación de la Biodiversidad Carretera Panamericana

^*Patricia Cortés-Calva, Doctor of Science in Biology granted by UNAM, is a titular researcher at Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas del Noroeste S.C., La Paz, México. She develops research topics that include conservation, ecology, and reproduction of small mammals in arid environments (rodents and bats).
^**Juan Pablo Gallo-Reynoso, Ph.D., is a titular researcher of the Ecophysiology Lab, at Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo Unidad Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico. His principal interests are the ecology and physiology of aquatic mammals, their relation to their habitat, and their conservation.
^***José Delgadillo-Rodríguez, Dr., is a titular professor of botany and curator of the Herbarium BCMEX, in the Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, campus Ensenada. Her principal interests are flora, vegetation, and geobotany.
^****Consuelo Lorenzo, Ph.D., is a titular researcher in the Departamento Conservación de la Biodiversidad at El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. Her principal interests are the systematics and conservation of endangered mammals.
^*****Corresponding author: sticul@cibnor.mx; (+612) 123 8486
^******Sergio Ticul Álvarez-Castañeda, Ph.D., is a titular researcher of mammalogy and curator at Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste S.C., La Paz, México. He studies different aspects of the biology, conservation and taxonomy of mammals.