Dasypus sabanicola (Cingulata: Dasypodidae)

Julio Chacón-Pacheco; Carlos Aya-Cuero; Teresa Cristina S. Anacleto

doi:10.1093/mspecies/seaa004

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22 July 2020 Dasypus sabanicola (Cingulata: Dasypodidae)

Julio Chacón-Pacheco, Carlos Aya-Cuero, Teresa Cristina S. Anacleto

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Mammalian Species, 52(991):49-56 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1093/mspecies/seaa004

Abstract

Dasypus sabanicolaMondolfi, 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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Julio Chacón-Pacheco, Carlos Aya-Cuero, and Teresa Cristina S. Anacleto "Dasypus sabanicola (Cingulata: Dasypodidae)," Mammalian Species 52(991), 49-56, (22 July 2020). https://doi.org/10.1093/mspecies/seaa004

Accepted: 1 August 2019; Published: 22 July 2020

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