CEPAVE 05420
CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS PARASITOLOGICOS Y DE VECTORES
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Dasypus hybridus
Autor/es:
ABBA A.M.; SUPERINA M.
Revista:
MAMMALIAN SPECIES
Editorial:
American Society of Mammalogists
Referencias:
Año: 2016 vol. 48 p. 10 - 20
ISSN:
0076-3519
Resumen:
Dasypus hybridus (Desmarest, 1804) 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 myrmecophagy and gives birth to 6?12 presumably genetically identical offspring. Listed as ?Near Threatened? by the International Union for Conservation of Natureand Natural Resources, it is mainly threatened by habitat loss and hunting.
