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Dasypodidae Gray 1821

Description

Family Dasypodidae

Dasypus novemcinctus mexicanus Peters 1864 Nine-banded Armadillo

A skull was salvaged from a male road-killed armadillo on FM 2288 near WMA 4 on 14 May 2001. Another skull was taken from a road-killed armadillo near WMA 5 on 17 March 2000. Trailmaster photographs recorded this species in spring (WMA 9 and 10), summer (WMA 10), and fall (WMA 9 and 10) of 2005. Other armadillos were sighted along FM 2288 in WMA 3 and near Angelo State University’s Management Instruction and Research (MIR) Center just to the north of SASP.

Specimens examined (2).– 2.3 mi. N Arden Rd. on FM 2288 (31º28.6′N, 100º46.0′W), 1 (ASNHC 11794); 4 mi. N, 7¼ mi. W San Angelo (31º31.3′N, 100º33.6′W), 1 (ASNHC 12861).

Notes

Published as part of Brant, Joel G., Dowler, Robert C. & Ebeling, Carla E., 2006, The Mammals Of San Angelo State Park, Tom Green County, Texas, pp. 1-20 in Occasional Papers of the Museum 265 on page 5

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
ASNHC , FM , WMA
Material sample ID
ASNHC 11794, ASNHC 12861 , FM 2288 , WMA 3 , WMA 4 , WMA 5 , WMA 9, WMA 10
Event date
2000-03-17 , 2001-05-14
Verbatim event date
2000-03-17 , 2001-05-14
Scientific name authorship
Gray
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Cingulata
Family
Dasypodidae
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Dasypodidae Gray, 1821 sec. Brant, Dowler & Ebeling, 2006