INVESTIGADORES
CARLINI Alfredo Armando
artículos
Título:
Chaetophractus vellerosus (Cingulata: Dasypodidae)
Autor/es:
CARLINI, ALFREDO A.; SOIBELZON, ESTEBAN; GLAZ, DAMIÁN
Revista:
Mammalian Species
Editorial:
American Society of Mammalogists
Referencias:
Año: 2016 vol. 48 p. 73 - 82
Resumen:
Chaetophractus vellerosus (Gray, 1865) is commonly called Piche llorón or screaming hairy armadillo. Chaetophractushas 3 living species: C. nationi, C. vellerosus, and C. villosus of Neotropical distribution in the Bolivian, Paraguayan, and ArgentineanChaco and the southeastern portion of Buenos Aires Province. C. vellerosus prefers xeric areas, in high and low latitudes, with sandysoils, but is able to exist in areas that receive more than twice the annual rainfall found in the main part of its distribution. It is commonin rangeland pasture and agricultural areas. C. vellerosus is currently listed as ?Least Concern? by the International Union forConservation of Nature and Natural Resources and is hunted for its meat and persecuted as an agricultural pest; however, the supposeddamage to agricultural-farming lands could be less than the beneficial effects of its predation on certain species of damaging insects.
