Notes on Food Habits of Armadillos (Cingulata, Dasypodidae) and Anteaters (Pilosa, Myrmecophagidae) at Serra Da Capivara National Park (PiauÍ State, Brazil)

Vanderson Corrêa Vaz; Ricardo Tadeu Santori; Ana Maria Jansen; Ana Cláudia Delciellos; Paulo Sérgio D'Andrea

doi:10.5537/020.013.0107

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1 December 2012 Notes on Food Habits of Armadillos (Cingulata, Dasypodidae) and Anteaters (Pilosa, Myrmecophagidae) at Serra Da Capivara National Park (PiauÍ State, Brazil)

Vanderson Corrêa Vaz, Ricardo Tadeu Santori, Ana Maria Jansen, Ana Cláudia Delciellos, Paulo Sérgio D'Andrea

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Edentata, 13(1):84-89 (2012). https://doi.org/10.5537/020.013.0107

Abstract

This is one of the few studies on food habits of armadillos and anteaters in the Caatinga, Brazil. Our aim was to describe food items found in fecal and stomach samples of six species (Dasypus novemcinctus, D. septemcinctus, Euphractus sexcinctus, Myrmecophaga tridactyla, Tamandua tetradactyla, Tolypeutes tricinctus) at the Serra da Capivara National Park, Piauí State, Brazil. For most species, invertebrates — especially Isoptera and Hymenoptera — were the main food source. Seeds were found in samples of most species studied, including M. tridactyla and T. tetradactyla.

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Vanderson Corrêa Vaz, Ricardo Tadeu Santori, Ana Maria Jansen, Ana Cláudia Delciellos, and Paulo Sérgio D'Andrea "Notes on Food Habits of Armadillos (Cingulata, Dasypodidae) and Anteaters (Pilosa, Myrmecophagidae) at Serra Da Capivara National Park (PiauÍ State, Brazil)," Edentata 13(1), 84-89, (1 December 2012). https://doi.org/10.5537/020.013.0107

Received: 17 September 2012; Accepted: 4 December 2012; Published: 1 December 2012

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