Edentata 11(2), 2010 - Anteater, Sloth & Armadillo Specialist Group

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Dasypus novemcinctusLeast Concern (LC)Photograph: Mariella SuperinaCommon Names: Nine-banded armadillo (English),common long-nosed armadillo (English), cachicamo(Spanish), tatú (Spanish), tatu-galinha (Portuguese).Assessment Rationale: D. novemcinctus is listed as LeastConcern in view of its very wide distribution, presumedlarge population, tolerance of habitat alteration,and because there is no evidence of a majorpopulation decline.Taxonomic Note: Six subspecies are recognized byGardner (2005), four of which occur in South America(Gardner, 2007).Geographic Range: This species ranges from the southernUSA through Mexico and Central America, toSouth America as far south as northern Argentina(Fig. 16). It is also present in the Lesser Antilles, onGrenada and Trinidad and Tobago. It ranges from sealevel up to 2,000 m asl. The extent of occurrence isapproximately 19,100,000 km 2 but no informationis available on the area of occupancy.Population: It is a common species.Habitats and Ecology: D. novemcinctus is very adaptableand is present in a wide variety of habitats(McBee and Baker, 1982). It can be found in somedegraded habitats, such as heavily degraded subtropicaland tropical forests, arable land, pastureland,rural gardens, urban areas and plantations. Malesreach sexual maturity at 12 months and females at18 months of age, and the female gives birth to oneyearly litter after a gestation of 140 days includingdiapause. It has a high rate of reproduction and commonlyproduces monozygotic (genetically identical)quadruplets. Generation length has been estimatedat five years, and longevity is around eight to twelveyears.Threats: There are no major threats to this species,although it is hunted throughout its range. In NorthAmerica, it is subjected to poisoning as it is often considereda nuisance.Conservation: D. novemcinctus occurs in many protectedareas.Assessors: Abba, A.M. and Superina, M.Evaluators: McDonough, C. and Loughry, J.Contributors: McDonough, C. and Loughry, J.160Edentata no. 11(2) • 2010
Figure 16. Dasypus novemcinctus. Based on McBee and Baker (1982); Platt and Snyder (1995); Taulman and Robbins (1996); Freeman andGenoways (1998); Van Deelen et al. (2002); Layne (2003); Gardner (2005); Vizcaíno et al. (2006); Gardner (2007); Stuart et al. (2007); Abba andVizcaíno (2008); Aguiar and Fonseca (2008); Frey and Stuart (2009); Hofmann (2009); A. M. Abba, pers. comm. (2009).Edentata no. 11(2) • 2010 161
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IUCN/SSC Anteater, Sloth and Armadi
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Cyclopes didactylus, main populatio
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Cyclopes didactylus, Northeastern B
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Myrmecophaga tridactylaVulnerable (
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indigenous people may hunt it for f
Page 19 and 20: Tamandua tetradactylaLeast Concern
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Page 23 and 24: Fontana, C. S., Bencke, G. A. and R
Page 25 and 26: The 2010 Sloth Red List AssessmentA
Page 27 and 28: Bradypus pygmaeusCritically Endange
Page 29 and 30: Bradypus torquatusVulnerable (VU B2
Page 31 and 32: Figure 4. Bradypus torquatus. Based
Page 33 and 34: Figure 5. Bradypus tridactylus. Bas
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Page 37: Choloepus didactylusLeast Concern (
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Page 48 and 49: Cabassous centralisData Deficient (
Page 50 and 51: Cabassous chacoensisNear Threatened
Page 52 and 53: Cabassous tatouayLeast Concern (LC)
Page 54 and 55: Cabassous unicinctusLeast Concern (
Page 56 and 57: Calyptophractus retususData Deficie
Page 58 and 59: Chaetophractus nationiVulnerable (V
Page 60 and 61: Chaetophractus vellerosusLeast Conc
Page 62 and 63: Chaetophractus villosusLeast Concer
Page 64 and 65: Chlamyphorus truncatusData Deficien
Page 66 and 67: Dasypus hybridusNear Threatened (NT
Page 68 and 69: Dasypus kappleriLeast Concern (LC)C
Page 72 and 73: Dasypus pilosusVulnerable (VU B2ab(
Page 74 and 75: Dasypus sabanicolaLeast Concern (LC
Page 76 and 77: Dasypus septemcinctusLeast Concern
Page 78 and 79: Dasypus yepesiData Deficient (DD)Ca
Page 80 and 81: Euphractus sexcinctusLeast Concern
Page 82 and 83: Priodontes maximusVulnerable (VU A2
Page 84 and 85: Tolypeutes matacusNear Threatened (
Page 86 and 87: Tolypeutes tricinctusVulnerable (VU
Page 88 and 89: Zaedyus pichiyNear Threatened (NT)P
Page 90 and 91: Acknowledgements: The authors wish
Page 92 and 93: Extinção da Fauna de Minas Gerais
Page 94 and 95: Tarifa, T. 2009b. Priodontes maximu
Page 96 and 97: considered to be facing a very high
Page 98 and 99: Notes to contributorsEdentata is th
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