The northern naked-tailed armadillo in the Lacandona rainforest, Mexico: new records and potential threats

We review historic occurrences in Mexico of one of the least known Xenarthra of Mesoamerica - the northern naked-tailed armadillo (Cabassous centralis Miller, 1899). We document 6 new records in the Lacandona rainforest, southern Mexico, and through interviews with local people, we assess potential...

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Autores: Arturo González-Zamora, Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez, Ana María González-Di Pierro, Rafael Lombera, Erika de la Peña-Cuéllar, Juan Luis Peña-Mondragón, Omar Hernández-Ordoñez, Carlos Muench, Adriana Garmendia, Kathryn E. Stoner
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:México
Institución:Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Repositorio:Redalyc-UNAM
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:42523421033
Acceso en línea:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=42523421033
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Biología
Cingulata
xenarthra
Dasypodidae
human perception
Cabassous centralis
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Sumario:We review historic occurrences in Mexico of one of the least known Xenarthra of Mesoamerica - the northern naked-tailed armadillo (Cabassous centralis Miller, 1899). We document 6 new records in the Lacandona rainforest, southern Mexico, and through interviews with local people, we assess potential threats for this species in the region. In addition to being locally rare, our results show that hunting and death by road-kill may be major threats to this species in the region.

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