Municipio Ecatepec de Morelos 7.03

Ecatepec, Flora and fauna75% of Ecatepec de Morelos municipality is urbanized, on this territory there are no big animals; in the highlands of Sierra de Guadalupe live principally small mammals such as mouse, rabbit, gray squirrel, bat and gopher, birds, such as cenzontle and sparrow. The flora in Sierra de Guadalupe is represented by oyamel pines, oaks, ocote pines, century plants, prickly pears, zacatón (mountain grass) and other.HistoryRemains of earliest human inhabitation of the area have been found on the nearby Cerro de Ecatepec. The area was initially settled by successive waves of Otomis; however, because of the later arrival of Toltec-Chichimecas that dominated the rest of the Valley of Mexico, this area eventually assimilated to the rest of the Valley, ending with its domination by the Aztec empire. Ecatepec was an Aztec altepetl or city-state in the Valley of Mexico. From 1428 to 1539, Ecatepec was ruled by a tlatoani . The tlatoque of Ecatepec were closely related to the ruling dynasty of Tenochtitlan. - Chimalpilli I, grandson of Moctezuma I. - Tezozomoc, son of Chimalpopoca. - Matlaccohuatl, whose daughter Teotlalco married Moctezuma II. - Chimalpilli II, son of Ahuitzotl. - Diego de Alvarado Huanitzin, grandson of Axayacatl.