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Dasypus sabanicola (Cingulata: Dasypodidae)

Author(s) -

Julio Chacón-Pacheco,

Carlos A. Aya-Cuero,

Teresa Cristina S. Anacleto

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

mammalian species

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.396

H-Index - 11

eISSN - 1545-1410

pISSN - 0076-3519

DOI - 10.1093/mspecies/seaa004

Subject(s) - armadillo , threatened species , dasypus novemcinctus , xenarthra , ecology , geography , habitat , insectivore , riparian zone , nocturnal , floodplain , biology

Dasypus sabanicola Mondolfi, 1968, commonly known as Llanos long-nosed armadillo, is the second smallest armadillo of the genus Dasypus. It is a diurnal-nocturnal insectivorous species endemic to the Orinoco Region of Colombia and Venezuela, where it inhabits natural savannas and riparian forests. D. sabanicola is listed as “Near Threatened” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources due to its restricted distribution to the floodplains (llanos), an ecosystem that is severely affected by continuing habitat conversion. It is also hunted in several parts of its range.

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