The northern naked-tailed armadillo in the Lacandona rainforest, Mexico: new records and potential threats

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  • Arturo González Zamora

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2012.2.1248

Palabras clave:

Cabassous centralis, Cingulata, Dasypodidae, xenarthra, human perception

Resumen

We review historic occurrences in Mexico of one of the least known Xenarthra of Mesoamerica – the northern naked-tailed armadillo (Cabassous centralis Miller, 1899). We document 6 new records in the Lacandona rainforest, southern Mexico, and through interviews with local people, we assess potential threats for this species in the region. In addition to being locally rare, our results show that hunting and death by road-kill may be major threats to this species in the region.

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2011-06-01

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NOTAS CIENTÍFICAS (cancelada desde 2017)