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Dry season activity, movement, habitat and den utilization of nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) in neotropical dry forest, Costa Rica

open access: yesRevista de Biología Tropical, 1999
Se estudió el armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus) en Palo Verde, Costa Rica (101°30' N y 85°30'W) equipando siete animales con radiotransmisores. No hubo actividad en 0600-1500 h y ésta fue máxima en 1800-2100 h (95%). Los desplazamientos nocturnos
Christopher Vaughan, Sheila Shoenfelder
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Isolation and Characterization of a Chitinase from the Nine-Banded Armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus

open access: yes, 1998
The insectivorous diet of the nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus, is abundant in the polysaccharide chitin. To determine if armadillos produce a chitinase that aids in digestion of chitinous exoskeletons, armadillos were collected, and samples ...
Steiert, John G.   +2 more
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A new species of Metathelazia (Nematoda: Pneumospiruridae) from the lungs of a nine-banded armadillo in Central Mexico Especie nueva de Metathelazia (Nematoda: Pneumospiruridae) de los pulmones de un armadillo del centro de México

open access: yesRevista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2013
Twenty-four worms were collected from the bronchioles in both lungs of a male nine-banded armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus, 1758 captured in Teacalco, Morelos, Mexico. The worms, herein named Metathelazia mexicana n.
F. Agustín Jiménez   +2 more
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Diversity of medium and large neotropical mammals in an area of mixed rain forest

open access: yesActa Scientiarum: Biological Sciences, 2018
  Medium and large mammals (> 1 kg) were studied using camera traps with active sensors in a Conservation Unit located in an area of Mixed Rain Forest or Araucaria Forest (Atlantic Forest at altitude) in the South of Brazil, as a method for investigating
Rosane Vera Marques, Marta Elena Fabián
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Evolution of trappin genes in mammals

open access: yesBMC Evolutionary Biology, 2010
Background Trappin is a multifunctional host-defense peptide that has antiproteolytic, antiinflammatory, and antimicrobial activities. The numbers and compositions of trappin paralogs vary among mammalian species: human and sheep have a single trappin-2 ...
Furutani Yutaka   +3 more
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WILDLIFE USE BY RURAL COMMUNITIES IN THE CATAZAJÁ - LA LIBERTAD WETLANDS, CHIAPAS, MÉXICO [PDF]

open access: yesRa Ximhai, 2011
The use of wild vertebrates was analyzed for rural communities in Catazajá and La Libertad municipalities, Chiapas state. From interviews (n=190) and two workshops (January 2007-December 2008) applied to four communities (Playas, Punta Arena, Morelos and
Yasminda García-Del Valle   +3 more
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The retina of the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)

open access: yes, 1984
Typescript (photocopy).The retina of the nine-banded armadillo is described using light microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. In general the retina of the nine-banded armadillo is similar in structure to the retinas of other mammals.
St. Jules, Robert Sherma
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Dasypus novemcinctus - Nine-banded armadillo [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Dasypus novemcinctus - Nine-banded armadillohttps://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/roger_barbour_slide_collection/2175/thumbnail ...
Barbour, Roger W.
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COMPARISON OF GOPHER TORTOISE AND NINE BANDED ARMADILLO COMMENSAL FAUNA**

open access: yes, 2020
Burrows excavated by the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) are utilized by hundreds of species. For this reason, the gopher tortoise is considered an ecosystem engineer as well as a keystone species.
McDonough, Colleen M.   +4 more
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Impacts of Mycobacterium leprae-Infection on Wild Populations of the Nine-Banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) Species Complex: A Systematic Review

open access: yesDiversity
Leprosy is a chronically infectious disease caused by infection with Mycobacterium leprae, or the more recently discovered Mycobacterium lepromatosis. In the Americas, wild armadillos of the Dasypus genus are natural hosts.
Olivia F. Sciandra   +3 more
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