Vector-Borne Agents in Species of Silky Anteater (Cyclopes Gray, 1821) from South America [PDF]
PathogensCyclopes, the smallest of all known anteaters, has an insectivorous diet and is arboreal, rarely descending to the ground. There are scarce reports on diseases and pathogenic agents affecting this taxon.
Pedro Henrique Cotrin Rodrigues +4 more
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The cytological analysis of crossing over in armadillos supports the existence of a phylogenetic component of recombination rates in mammals. [PDF]
PLoS ONEIn mammals rates of recombination are well predicted by the phylogenetic relationship between species, with lower recombination rates in more basal clades.
Luis Francisco Rossi +1 more
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The Ancestral Eutherian Karyotype Is Present in Xenarthra [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2006 Molecular studies have led recently to the proposal of a new super-ordinal arrangement of the 18 extant Eutherian orders. From the four proposed super-orders, Afrotheria and Xenarthra were considered the most basal. Chromosome-painting studies with human
Roscoe Stanyon +2 more
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A systematic reassessment and paleogeographic review of fossil Xenarthra from Peru
Bulletin De L'Institut Français D'études Andines, 2004 A revision of Peruvian Xenarthra and the discovery of new specimens have increased our knowledge of the Order in this country. About thirty sites from three geographic regions, Amazonian Forest, the Andes, and the coast have yielded Xenarthra in Peru ...
François Pujos
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Locomotory Adaptations in 3D Humerus Geometry of Xenarthra: Testing for Convergence
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Three-dimensional (3D) models of fossil bones are increasingly available, thus opening a novel frontier in the study of organismal size and shape evolution.
Carmela Serio +2 more
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Xenarthra, 2023 We monitored a stretch of the BR-050 highway in the State of Goiás that crosses several natural environments used by the giant armadillo, a peculiar and endangered species whose survival is threatened by vehicle collisions. Here, we present the record of
Okamura Arasaki, Marcelo +4 more
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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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Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens, 2022 Very little information is available to zoo managers on the nutritional preferences of the lesser anteater, a highly specialized predator. By studying lesser anteater feeding behavior, we expect to contribute to improved management decisions and ...
Valentín Zárate +4 more
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The glyptodont Eleutherocercus solidus from the late Neogene of north-western Argentina: Morphology, chronology, and phylogeny [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2021 Glyptodonts (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Glyptodontidae) represent a diversified radiation of large armored herbivores, mainly related to open biomes in South America, with an extensive fossil history since the late Eocene (ca.
Alizia Núñez-Blasco +4 more
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Cuidados neonatais e pediátricos de um tatu-de-rabo-mole-grande (Cabassous tatouay)
Xenarthra, 2023 There are few reports in literature on the neonatal care of orphaned armadillos under human care. The present note aims to report the hand-rearing, growth, and development of a greater naked-tailed armadillo (Cabassous tatouay) during one year.
Nogueira Matos, Flora +6 more
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