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The northern naked-tailed armadillo in the Lacandona rainforest, Mexico: new records and potential threats [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2011
We review historic occurrences in Mexico of one of the least known Xenarthra of Mesoamerica – the northern naked-tailed armadillo (Cabassous centralis Miller, 1899).
Arturo González Zamora
doaj   +3 more sources

Inventario de mamíferos no voladores en remanentes de bosque seco tropical en el valle del río Cauca, Cartago, Colombia [PDF]

open access: yesMammalogy Notes, 2020
El estudio de la diversidad local de los mamíferos en el bosque seco tropical (BST) es importante, debido al valor cultural que tienen para las comunidades locales como fuente de alimento y medicina. Además, la información sobre estos ensamblajes es útil
Julián Ricardo Henao-Isaza   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources

PRIMER REGISTRO EN CÁMARAS TRAMPAS DEL ARMADILLO COLETRAPO Cabassous centralis (CINGULATA, CHLAMYPHORIDAE) EN EL DEPARTAMENTO DE CÓRDOBA, COLOMBIA [PDF]

open access: yesOecologia Australis, 2019
El armadillo coletrapo ( Cabassous centralis ) es una especie con escaso conocimiento de su historia natural. Esta distribuido en bosques tropicales de la region Neotropical, con registros en Centro y Sur America.  En Colombia, C. centralis se considera una especie rara, con registros escasos y dispersos. Este trabajo reporta el primer registro de C.
Julio Chacón-Pacheco   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Shotgun Mitogenomics Provides a Reference Phylogenetic Framework and Timescale for Living Xenarthrans. [PDF]

open access: yesMol Biol Evol, 2016
Xenarthra (armadillos, sloths, and anteaters) constitutes one of the four major clades of placental mammals. Despite their phylogenetic distinctiveness in mammals, a reference phylogeny is still lacking for the 31 described species. Here we used Illumina
Gibb GC   +7 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

NEOTROPICAL XENARTHRANS: a data set of occurrence of xenarthran species in the Neotropics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Xenarthrans – anteaters, sloths, and armadillos – have essential functions for ecosystem maintenance, such as insect control and nutrient cycling, playing key roles as ecosystem engineers.
Abba, A.M.   +504 more
core   +6 more sources

The faunal drugstore: animal-based remedies used in traditional medicines in Latin America. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Ethnobiol Ethnomed, 2011
Zootherapy is the treatment of human ailments with remedies made from animals and their products. Despite its prevalence in traditional medical practices worldwide, research on this phenomenon has often been neglected in comparison to medicinal plant ...
Alves RR, Alves HN.
europepmc   +4 more sources

First phylogenetic analysis of the Miocene armadillo Vetelia reveals novel affinities with Tolypeutinae [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Vetelia is a Miocene genus of armadillos from Argentina and Chile, traditionally included within the subfamily Euphrac­ tinae (Chlamyphoridae, Cingulata, Xenarthra). It includes the species Vetelia puncta (early?middle Miocene), Vetelia perforata (middle?
Barasoain Goñi, Daniel   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Genome Diversity, Recombination, and Virulence across the Major Lineages of Paracoccidioides. [PDF]

open access: yesmSphere, 2016
We thank Angela Restrepo, Rosana Puccia, Zoilo Pires de Camargo, and Maria Sueli Felipe for kindly providing the isolates for this study. This project has been funded in whole or in part with federal funds from the National Institute of Allergy and ...
Muñoz JF   +14 more
europepmc   +5 more sources

Ulnar dimensions and fossoriality in armadillos [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
Ulnar dimensions were measured in 14 species of armadillos (Xenarthra: Dasypodidae). An index of fossorial ability (IFA) was constructed, relating the length of the olecranon process to the remaining length of the ulna. For comparative purposes, the same
Fariña, Richard A.   +2 more
core   +4 more sources

Los xenartros de Honduras: nuevos registros, principales amenazas y comentarios sobre su estado de conservación [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The Xenarthra are one of the least studied mammalian groups in Honduras. Their ecology, natural history, and distribution in the country are poorly known.
Castañeda, Franklin   +8 more
core   +1 more source

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