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

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

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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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Main Authors: González-Zamora,Arturo, Arroyo-Rodríguez,Víctor, González-Di Pierro,Ana María, Lombera,Rafael, Peña-Cuéllar,Erika de la, Peña-Mondragón,Juan Luis, Hernández-Ordoñez,Omar, Muench,Carlos, Garmendia,Adriana, Stoner,Kathryn E
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Biología 2012
Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1870-34532012000200033
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