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Anteaters on the edge: giant and lesser anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla and Tamandua tetradactyla) at their geographic distributional limits in Paraguay

  • 1. American Chaco Research Center, San José 365, Asunción, Paraguay. & International Foundation for the Restoration of Ecosystems, 28008 Madrid, Spain.
  • 2. American Chaco Research Center, San José 365, Asunción, Paraguay. & International Foundation for the Restoration of Ecosystems, 28008 Madrid, Spain. & World Wildlife Fund for Nature. Bernardino Caballero 191, Asunción, Paraguay.
  • 3. American Chaco Research Center, San José 365, Asunción, Paraguay.
  • 4. Proyecto de Conservación de Aguas y Tierras, ProCAT Colombia/International, Carrera

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Laino, Rafaela, Musalem, Karim, Caballero-Gini, Andrea, Bueno-Villafañe, Diego, González-Maya, José F., Chaparro, Silvina (2020): Anteaters on the edge: giant and lesser anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla and Tamandua tetradactyla) at their geographic distributional limits in Paraguay. Iheringia, Série Zoologia (e2020007) 110: 1-8, DOI: 10.1590/1678-4766e2020007, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1678-4766e2020007

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