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, 2020 Priodontes maximus (Kerr, 1792), Giant Armadillo Records. Recorded by opportunistic sightings (09° 07.632′S, 068°06.230′W) and hunting interviews. Identification. Its carapace is highly flexible, with 11–13 moveable bands. Hair is sparse. The body is dark brown, except for the head and tail and for a light-colored stripe around the edges of the body ...
Oliveira, Marcela Alvares +1 more
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Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2021 Brazil is the world's richest country in biodiversity, including mammal species. In the Brazilian Cerrado biome, mammalian diversity is vast, with about 251 species, 32 of them are endemic and 22 listed as threatened species.
D. S. Silva, M. V. Ribeiro, F. H. Soares
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Mammalogy Notes, 2020 Las sabanas del Yarí son una importante área biogeográfica cuya biodiversidad no ha sido explorada. Esta zona estuvo históricamente bajo el control de los grupos armados ilegales que restringían su acceso e investigación.
Carlos Aya +2 more
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Hotspots and Season Related to Wildlife Roadkill in the Amazonia–Cerrado Transition
Diversity, 2022 The construction of new roads opens access to native environments, resulting in changes to the landscape. These roads cause the death of native wildlife due to collisions with vehicles, which is the main cause of human-induced vertebrate death. This work
Evandro Santos +3 more
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, 2016 Priodontes maximus (Kerr, 1792) Giant Armadillo Dasypus maximus Kerr, 1792:112. Type locality “Cayenne,” French Guiana. Dasypus giganteus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803:207. Type locality “Le Paraguay ” with reference to “ Le Grand Tatou d’Azara, t. 2, p. 132;” but based on specimen “N˚. CCCCXIV.
Carter, Tracy S. +2 more
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, 2018 7. Giant Armadillo Priodontes maximus French: Tatou géant / German: Riesengurteltier / Spanish: Armadillo gigante Taxonomy. Dasypus maximus Kerr, 1792, “Cayenne,” French Guiana. This species is monotypic. Distribution. N & C South America E of the Andes, in Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, and N Argentina.
Russell A. Mittermeier, Don E. Wilson
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Revista Peruana de Biología, 2012 Este reporte contiene información sobre diversidad de mamíferos y sus preferencias por los tipos de hábitats en la cuenca del río Alto Itaya. Para este propósito fueron conducidos censos por transecto y complementada con observaciones fuera de censos y ...
Rolando Aquino +2 more
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, 2005 Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Cingulata, pp. 94-99 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 98, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo ...
Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
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Ecology of the Giant Armadillo (Priodontes maximus) in the Grasslands of Central Brazil [PDF]
Edentata, 2009 Abstract The giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus) is the largest armadillo and is considered at risk of extinction by IUCN. Due to its fossorial and highly cryptic nature, it is also one of the least-studied mammals. The Cerrado grassland-savannahs of central South America comprises approximately 25 percent of the species' range, and the 1320 km2 Emas ...
Leandro Silveira +5 more
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Observations on the Diet of the Giant Armadillo (Priodontes maximus Kerr, 1792) [PDF]
Edentata, 2013 Abstract In this short note we report on the stomach contents of a giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus) in the Bolivian Amazon. The stomach exclusively contained seeds of a relatively large-seeded unknown species of fig (Ficus sp.). Subsequent observations under fruiting Ficus free-standing trees at a second location in eastern Bolivia further ...
Robert B. Wallace, R. Lilian E. Painter
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