STATUS OF AN ENDANGERED SUBSPECIES - THE PENINSULAR PRONGHORN AT BAJA-CALIFORNIA

During November 1993, we traversed by ground and by air the Vizcaino D esert, the last redoubt of the peninsular pronghorn (Antilocapra ameri cana peninsularis). A total of 29 h of aerial census was performed and a total of 1900 km(2) were covered by ground, totalling 400 man hours of survey. At present the peninsular pronghorn population consists of 175 individuals, and inhabits an area of approximately 5000 km(2). Be cause of the impossibility of controlling its activities over such an area and because of the present small population size, we propose to m anage part of the population in semi-captivity at Mesa de la Choya isl and, with the objective of assuring the survival of this subspecies, t he most endangered mammal in Mexico. (C)1996 Academic Press Limited