Anuar D. Hernández-SaintMartín,^1,* Octavio C. Rosas-Rosas,^1,**,*** Jorge Palacio-Núñez,^1,**** Luis A. Tarango-Arambula,^1,***** Fernando Clemente-Sánchez,^1,****** Almira L. Hoogesteijn<sup>2,*******

1</sup>1Colegio de Postgraduados Campus San Luis Potosí Agustín de Iturbide #73 78600 Salinas de Hidalgo Sa
²2Departamento de Ecología Humana Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Polit

^*Anuar D. Hernández is a Doctoral Student at Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus San Luis Potosí, Mexico. His principal interests are the study and conservation of large carnivores in fragmented landscapes.
^** Corresponding author: octaviocrr@colpos.mx
^***Octavio C. Rosas-Rosas is a Professor of Wildlife Science at Colegio de Postgraduados in Mexico. His primary research interests are in predator-prey relationships and carnivore ecology and conservation, especially conservation of wild felids.
^****Jorge Palacio-Núñez is a wildlife and biodiversity Professor at campus San Luis Potosí of Colegio de Postgraduados, Salinas, S.L.P., Mexico. His main research interest is the study of population dynamics and the habitat of relevant terrestrial and freshwater species.
^*****Luis Tarango is a Wildlife Titular Professor at Colegio de Postgraduados in Salinas de Hidalgo, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. He conducts research on threatened species and their habitat relationships to design better conservation and survival strategies.
^******Fernando Clemente Sánchez is a Wildlife Professor at Colegio de Postgraduados, México. He is currently responsible for a national research project on DNA analysis and assisted reproduction on wildlife species.
^*******Almira L. Hoogesteijn is a Titular Professor at Centro de Investigación Científica y Tecnólogica del IPN campus Mérida, México. Her research interests are the impact of pollution on wildlife and human health and the use of buffalos as a tool for mitigation of large felid depredation on cattle.