Comparisons between nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) populations in Brazil and the United States

Loughry, W J; McDonough, Colleen M

dc.creator	Loughry, W J
dc.creator	McDonough, Colleen M
dc.date	2015-08-20
dc.date.accessioned	2016-05-03T15:34:03Z
dc.date.available	2016-05-03T15:34:03Z
dc.identifier	http://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/20740
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10669/27527
dc.description	We compared characteristics of a population of nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) studied in the soulhem Uniled States with a population found in the Atlanlic coastal rainforest of Brazil. Adult armadillos in Brazil weighed less than Ihose in Ihe U.S., but when weight was accounted for, did not differ in: other measures of body size. However, juveniles in Ihe U.S. were proportionately bigger!han Ihose in Brazil. Armadillos in Brazil were less abundant (numbers sighted per h of observation) and were active laler al night .!han Ihose in the U.S. Adult sex-ratios were male-biased in bolh populations: Finally, there was no significant difference in Ihe incidence of litterrnate associations observed in Ihe two populations, but groups of juveniles (which included non-Iitterrnates) were observed more frequently in tbe U.S. Many of these differences may be due 10 the fact that armadillos are hunted extensively in Brazil but not in the United States.	en-US
dc.description	We compared characteristics of a population of nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) studied in the soulhem Uniled States with a population found in the Atlanlic coastal rainforest of Brazil. Adult armadillos in Brazil weighed less than Ihose in Ihe U.S., but when weight was accounted for, did not differ in: other measures of body size. However, juveniles in Ihe U.S. were proportionately bigger!han Ihose in Brazil. Armadillos in Brazil were less abundant (numbers sighted per h of observation) and were active laler al night .!han Ihose in the U.S. Adult sex-ratios were male-biased in bolh populations: Finally, there was no significant difference in Ihe incidence of litterrnate associations observed in Ihe two populations, but groups of juveniles (which included non-Iitterrnates) were observed more frequently in tbe U.S. Many of Ihese differences may be due 10 the fact that armadillos are hunted extensively in Brazil but not in the United States.	es-ES
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dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Universidad de Costa Rica	en-US
dc.rights	Copyright (c) 2015 International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation	en-US
dc.source	Revista de Biología Tropical/International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation; Vol. 46 (4) December 1998; 1173-1183	en-US
dc.source	Revista de Biología Tropical/International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation; Vol. 46 (4) December 1998; 1173-1183	es-ES
dc.source	Revista Biología Tropical; Vol. 46 (4) December 1998; 1173-1183	pt-PT
dc.source	2215-2075
dc.source	0034-7744
dc.title	Comparisons between nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) populations in Brazil and the United States	en-US
dc.title	Comparisons between nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) populations in Brazil and the United States	es-ES
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