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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]
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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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
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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
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Fig. 3 in Calyptophractus retusus (Cingulata: Dasypodidae)
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.
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Cabassous chacoensis(Cingulata: Dasypodidae) [PDF]
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.
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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
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Trypanosomes of the subgenus Megatrypanum from armadillos (Xenarthra: Dasypodidae)
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
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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
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Fig. 2 in Dasypus kappleri (Cingulata: Dasypodidae)
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
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