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Dasypus sabanicolaLeast Concern (LC)Photograph: Diego RodriguezCommon Names: Northern long-nosed armadillo(English), llanos long-nosed armadillo (English), tatúde sabana (Spanish), cachicamo sabanero (Spanish).Assessment Rationale: D. sabanicola is listed as LeastConcern in view of its wide distribution, the availabilityof significant areas of suitable intact savannahabitat, and the absence of major threats to this species.There is evidence of severe hunting in some partsof the species’ range.Taxonomic Note: The taxonomic status of this speciesshould be verified through genetic analyses.Geographic Range: D. sabanicola is found throughoutthe Llanos (the flat plains) of Venezuela and Colombia(Fig. 18). It has been recorded at elevations between25 and 200 m asl (Eisenberg, 1989). The extent ofoccurrence is approximately 445,000 km 2 but noinformation is available on the area of occupancy.Habitats and Ecology: It is generally restricted to openor shrubland habitats in lowland and mid-altitudeareas. Animals have a home range of between 1.7 and11.6 hectares (Ferguson-Laguna, 1984). The femalegives birth to one yearly litter of four young.Threats: In parts of its range it is threatened by intensehunting for subsistence purposes (Ferguson-Laguna,1984) and by ongoing habitat loss.Conservation: D. sabanicola has been recorded fromseveral protected areas and is protected by nationallegislation in Venezuela.Assessors: Superina, M. and Abba, A.M.Evaluators: Arteaga, M.C. and Lara, P.Population: D. sabanicola is locally rare. It has beenfound to be moderately common in intact naturalhabitats.164Edentata no. 11(2) • 2010
Figure 18. Dasypus sabanicola. Based on Wetzel (1982); Ferguson-Laguna (1984); Reid (1997); Eisenberg and Redford (1999); Lord (2000);Gardner (2005); Aguiar and Fonseca (2008).Edentata no. 11(2) • 2010 165
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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
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Tamandua tetradactylaLeast Concern
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Figure 8. Tamandua tetradactyla. Ba
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 42 and 43: Acknowledgements: This assessment w
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Page 46 and 47: nationi in Appendix II, while the C
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 70 and 71: Dasypus novemcinctusLeast Concern (
Page 72 and 73: Dasypus pilosusVulnerable (VU B2ab(
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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