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.
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Distribución y usos de los armadillos en sabanas inundables de Arauca, Colombia
Biota Colombiana, 2018 En Colombia se han registrado seis especies de armadillos, de las cuales cinco se encuentran en la región de la Orinoquia. Para el departamento de Arauca, la información sobre estas especies es insuficiente y desactualizada. Determinamos la abundancia y
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Dasypus hybridus(Cingulata: Dasypodidae) [PDF]
Mammalian Species, 2016 Dasypus hybridus ([Desmarest, 1804][1]) is commonly known as the southern long-nosed armadillo. Like all armadillos, it bears a carapace of ossified dermal scutes covered by epidermal scales. This diurnal species mainly inhabits grasslands on humic soils in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and southern Brazil. D . hybridus is omnivorous with a tendency to
Abba, Agustín Manuel +1 more
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Health evaluation of free-ranging and captive pichis (Zaedyus Pichiy; Mammalia, Dasypodidae), in Mendoza province, Argentina [PDF]
, 2009 The health of free-ranging and captive pichis (Zaedyus pichiy) was assessed in Mendoza Province, Argentina, between November 2001 and December 2006. Postmortem examinations of 150 confiscated and vehicle-killed pichis and clinical examinations of 139 ...
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A New Species of Neoglyptatelus (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) from the Late Miocene of Uruguay Provides New Insights on the Evolution of the Dorsal Armor in Cingulates [PDF]
, 2018 The genus Neoglyptatelus Carlini, Vizcaíno and Scillato-Yané has been considered a member of Glyptatelinae, a group encompassing the purportedly basal-most glyptodonts.
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Dasypus sabanicola Mondolfi 1968 [PDF]
Mammalian Species, 2018 2. Northern Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus sabanicola French: Tatou des savanes / German: Savannen-Glrteltier / Spanish: Mulita de Los Llanos Other common names: Llanos Long-nosed Armadillo Taxonomy. Dasypus sabanicola Mondolfi, 1968, “Hato Macanillal, Distrito Achaguas del Estado Apure,” Venezuela. A recent analysis of genomic data by M. C.
Russell A. Mittermeier, Don E. Wilson
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Shotgun Mitogenomics Provides a Reference Phylogenetic Framework and Timescale for Living Xenarthrans [PDF]
, 2015 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
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Hematology and serum chemistry values in captive and wild pichis, Zaedyus pichiy (Mammalia, Dasypodidae) [PDF]
, 2008 As part of an ongoing study on the health status of pichis, Zaedyus pichiy (Mammalia, Dasypodidae), blood was collected under manual restraint from 72 free-ranging pichis captured in Mendoza Province, Argentina, between November 2001 and December 2006 ...
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Dasypus kappleri (Cingulata: Dasypodidae) [PDF]
Mammalian Species, 2019 AbstractDasypus kappleri Krauss, 1862, commonly known as greater long-nosed armadillo, is the second largest extant armadillo and readily distinguishable by the prominent spurs on the hind legs. It is diurnal-nocturnal, solitary, and insectivorous. It is a semi-fossorial species ranging east of the Andes across the central lowlands of South America. It
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