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Mycobacterium leprae in Nine-Banded Armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus), Ecuador [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesWe found Mycobacterium leprae, the most common etiologic agent of Hansen disease or leprosy, in tissues from 9 (18.75%) of 48 nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) collected across continental Ecuador. Finding evidence of a wildlife reservoir is
Daniel Romero-Alvarez +14 more
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Camera Trap Design Determines Taxa Detected at Carrion Sites. [PDF]
Ecol EvolIn this study, we demonstrated that camera trap orientation (i.e., horizontal and vertical) at carrion sites differed in their animal community composition and taxa associations. The vertical camera trap orientation was more likely to detect necrophagous invertebrates, while the horizontal orientation was more likely to detect white‐tailed deer.
Lahiri A +5 more
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Auditory brainstem responses in the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 The auditory brainstem response (ABR) to tone burst stimuli of thirteen frequencies ranging from 0.5 to 48 kHz was recorded in the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), the only extant member of the placental mammal superorder Xenarthra in North ...
Thomas Brad Moffitt +2 more
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Disparity of turbinal bones in placental mammals. [PDF]
Anat Rec (Hoboken)Abstract Turbinals are key bony elements of the mammalian nasal cavity, involved in heat and moisture conservation as well as olfaction. While turbinals are well known in some groups, their diversity is poorly understood at the scale of placental mammals, which span 21 orders.
Martinez Q +11 more
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Environmental Exposures Relative to Locally Acquired Hansen Disease, United States [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesNine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) are suspected transmission sources of Hansen disease in North America. We conducted a telephone survey and chart review of patients with Hansen disease seen at a Georgia, USA, clinic during 1997–2022 ...
Danielle Chaney +2 more
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Identification of an attractant for the nine‐banded armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2011 The nine‐banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) is considered by many to be one of the greatest nuisance wildlife species in the Southeastern United States.
Richard Mankin, Holly Ober
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New Paraguayan records of Xenarthra with a review of the species present in Ñeembucú department
Xenarthra, 2023 This article provides an update of the distribution of the Xenarthra fauna of Paraguay. Tamandua tetradactyla is confirmed to occur in all Paraguayan departments.
Smith, Paul +9 more
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Beyond the carapace: skull shape variation and morphological systematics of long-nosed armadillos (genus Dasypus) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Background The systematics of long-nosed armadillos (genus Dasypus) has been mainly based on a handful of external morphological characters and classical measurements.
Lionel Hautier +3 more
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Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2021 : This study assessed microscopic morphology of protozoan and metazoan parasites, as well as parasite-associated histopathologic changes in five Brazilian free-ranging armadillos. Three armadillos had intra sarcolemmal cysts of Sarcocystis sp.
Alexandre Arenales +5 more
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The Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)
EDIS, 2003 Armadillos are prehistoric-looking animals that belong to a family of mammals found primarily in Central and South America. The earliest fossil ancestor of our North American armadillo occurred about 60 million years ago; it was as large as a rhinoceros.
Joseph M. Schaefer, Mark E. Hostetler
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