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New late Miocene records of Dasypodidae (Xenarthra, Cingulata) from the Salicas Formation (La Rioja Province, Argentina)

open access: yes, 2022
The Neogene deposits of the Salicas Formation outcrop along the northern area of the Velasco Range. Their levels have provided several remains of mammals, including notoungulates, litopterns, rodents, and xenarthrans.
Barasoain Goñi, Daniel   +2 more
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New Data on Armadillos (Xenarthra: Dasypodidae) for Central Patagonia, Argentina [PDF]

open access: yesEdentata, 2010
Abstract Armadillos represent the most diverse family of xenarthrans. Although many studies have been done on these mammals, several topics, such as their local distribution, natural history, behavioral ecology and conservation, remain poorly known. Chaetophractus villosus and Zaedyus pichiy are the most common armadillos in extra-Andean Patagonia, a ...
Abba, Agustín Manuel   +2 more
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The Dasypodidae (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the Urso Fóssil Cave (Quaternary), Parque Nacional de Ubajara, State of Ceará, Brazil: paleoecological and taxonomic aspects

open access: yesAnais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2014
This paper deals with xenarthrans osteoderms assigned to Dasypus aff. D. novemcinctus, Euphractus sexcinctus and Cabassous sp. The material was collected in subsurface, from 0.10 to 0.60 m in the Urso Fóssil Cave, Parque Nacional de Ubajara, State of ...
PAULO V. OLIVEIRA   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Wild Encounters: Analyzing Human–Animal Interactions in British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums Facilities

open access: yesZoo Biology, Volume 44, Issue 5, Page 461-473, September/October 2025.
We investigated the quantity and diversity of animal–visitor interactions in BIAZA‐accredited facilities, finding 740 opportunities for interactions across a range of contexts including walkthroughs and handling. Meet and greets were the most offered and were influenced by the number of individual animals, cost of interaction, and animal popularity ...
Thomas Welsh   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fig. 3 in Calyptophractus retusus (Cingulata: Dasypodidae)

open access: yes, 2017
Fig. 3.—Geographic distribution of Calyptophractus retusus. Map redrawn from International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (2007).Published as part of Smith, Paul & Owen, Robert D., 2017, Calyptophractus retusus (Cingulata ...
Smith, Paul, Owen, Robert D.
core   +1 more source

Cabassous chacoensis(Cingulata: Dasypodidae) [PDF]

open access: yesMammalian Species, 2014
Cabassous chacoensis (Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo) is a little-studied, primarily fossorial armadillo endemic to xeric parts of the Gran Chaco in western Paraguay and northern Argentina. C. chacoensis is listed as “Near Threatened” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.
openaire   +2 more sources

Amblyomma auricularium (Acari: Ixodidae): underwater survival of the non-parasitic phase of feeding females

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
To determine the effects of immersion in water on the biological parameters of engorged females of the tick species Amblyomma auricularium, 60 females were distributed in six groups, each comprising 10 individuals.
Iwine Joyce Barbosa de Sá-Hungaro   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Trypanosomes of the subgenus Megatrypanum from armadillos (Xenarthra: Dasypodidae)

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1990
A new species of trypanosome, Trypanosoma (Megatrypanum) peba, is described from the peripheral blood of the armadillo Euphractus sexcinctus setosus from Bahia State, Brazil.
T. V. Barrett, R. D. Naiff
doaj   +1 more source

Morphofunctional Space of the Forelimb in Caraguatypotherium munozi (Notoungulata; Mesotheriidae): Insights Into Wrist‐Powered Digging

open access: yesJournal of Morphology, Volume 286, Issue 8, August 2025.
Caraguatypotherium munozi displays a distinctive morphofunctional configuration combining high wrist flexor leverage with reduced elbow mechanical advantage—traits consistent with wrist‐dominated scratch‐digging. Multivariate analyses place it outside the core morphospaces of extant locomotor groups.
Paul Medina‐González, Karen Moreno
wiley   +1 more source

Fig. 2 in Dasypus kappleri (Cingulata: Dasypodidae)

open access: yes, 2019
Fig. 2.—Dorsal, ventral, and lateral view of skull and lateral view of the mandible of Dasypus kappleri (EBRG [Estación Biológica Rancho Grande] 1417, female) from Amanza Guapo, Río Grande, Venezuela.
Chacón-Pacheco, Julio   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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