The northern naked-tailed armadillo in the Lacandona rainforest, Mexico: new records and potential threats Armadillo de cola desnuda en la selva lacandona, México: nuevos registros y amenazas potenciales

The northern naked-tailed armadillo in the Lacandona rainforest, Mexico: new records and potential threats Armadillo de cola desnuda en la selva lacandona, México: nuevos registros y amenazas potenciales

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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Main Authors: 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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2012-06-01
Series:Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad
Subjects:
Cabassous centralis
Cingulata
Dasypodidae
xenartros
percepción humana
xenarthra
human perception
Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1870-34532012000200033

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