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Sierra Madre del Sur

American  
[see-er-uh mah-drey del soor, syer-ah mah-thre thel soor] / siˈɛr ə ˈmɑ dreɪ dɛl ˈsʊər, ˈsjɛr ɑ ˈmɑ ðrɛ ðɛl ˈsur /

noun

  1. a plateau mountain range in Guerrero and Oaxaca states, S Mexico. Highest peak 12,149 feet (3,703 meters).


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There are few other sources of income in this sweeping valley, a rolling expanse of subsistence farms framed by the peaks of the Sierra Madre del Sur.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2023

The thumb-size short-crested coquette is found only in the forest edge along a roughly 15-mile stretch of road in the Sierra Madre del Sur mountain in southern Mexico.

From National Geographic Apr. 18, 2018

Acapulco, set on a bay surrounded by high rises and the Sierra Madre del Sur, used to attract Hollywood stars and Mexico’s elite.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 11, 2018

The collectors thought that the species was restricted to the forested parts of the Sierra Madre del Sur between 7000 and 10,000 feet altitude in the Mexican state of Guerrero.

From A Synopsis of the North American Lagomorpha by Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)

Distribution.—The southern edge of the Mexican Plateau from Sinaloa to Veracruuz and onto the Oaxaca highlands and Sierra Madre del Sur.

From Genera of Leptodactylid Frogs in México by Lynch, John D.

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