• Los párpados pueden ser abiertos y cerrados is first section is followed by the results of a sin dificultad con la mano. survey made in European and North, Central, • Las orejas grandes presentan una coloración and South American zoological gardens that keep más oscura y están dispuestas en la nuca armadillos. e zoos were asked for informa- como en individuos adultos, unidas en la tion about housing, nutrition, reproduction and base. ethology as well as the diagnosed pathologies and • Se encuentran completamente formados y causes of death of their armadillos. e analysis son verdaderas réplicas de los adultos. of this survey demonstrated that there are serious problems in the care and maintenance of arma- dillos, which affect their reproduction and health and create stereotypic behavior, such as pacing or constant digging. Because of poor data, we were unable to pinpoint the factors responsible NEWS for the lack of reproductive success and the onset of stereotypic behavior, although possible reasons Biology and Maintenance of Armadillos for the appearance of this behavior in 50% of (Dasypodidae) the zoos surveyed are discussed. Some recom- mendations are made for behavioral enrichment, A doctoral thesis which reviewed the biology, improvement of enclosures, better nutrition and maintenance and current status of armadil- ideas for presentation to the visitor, in order to los kept in captivity was defended by Mariella increase the attractiveness of armadillo exhibits. Superina in June 2000 at the Institut Für Zoo-, A comparison of the conditions in which arma- Heim- und Wildtiere, University of Zürich, dillos are usually kept in zoos on different conti- Switzerland. Her research advisor was Prof. Dr. nents with Swiss legislation and the guidelines of Ewald Isenbügel, with codirector Prof. Dr. Rico the Swiss Society for the Protection of Animals un. Her research was supported in part by a clearly shows that it is unacceptable to keep Reisestipendium (a grant for scientific studies in armadillos in current conditions. e animals are a foreign country) from the Schweizer Akademie held in exhibits that are too small and have little für Naturwissenschaften in Zürich, Switzerland enrichment, are fed inappropriately and suffer in October 1999. It permitted a one-month stay from pathologies related to poor maintenance in at the Universidad Nacional del Sur in Bahía captivity. Of the zoos surveyed, only a few have Blanca, Argentina, which enabled her to par- breeding programs, and they are rarely successful. ticipate in field studies and learn the handling Keeping armadillos in captivity is only justifiable of armadillos. if efforts are made to improve their living condi- tions and to meet the dietary needs of each spe- e introduction is based on the literature, con- cies. Field studies and further research on captive versations with scientists and personal observa- armadillos are recommended in order to reach tions. It discusses the evolution, taxonomy and this goal. biology of the 21 known species of armadillos, as well as different aspects of their care and mainte- Dr. Superina is currently working on the transla- nance in captivity, and contains information on tion of her doctoral thesis into English, which adequate and appropriate housing, nutrition and she plans to have completed and published their reproduction. Comments on their handling soon. and on suitable blood-sampling techniques, hematological parameters and a compilation of Mariella Superina, University of New Orleans, the most common diseases and their therapies Department of Biological Sciences, New should help zoo veterinarians in the husbandry Orleans, LA 70148-0001, USA. E-mail: and management of armadillos. .

54 Edentata no. 5 • December 2003 55 Reference may be a suitable food source for giant anteaters Superina, M. 2000. Biologie und Haltung von (Redford, 1986). Gürteltieren (Dasypodidae). Doctoral thesis, Institut Für Zoo-, Heim- und Wildtiere, Uni- Acknowledgements: Fundação O Boticário de Pro- versität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland. 250pp. teção à Natureza / MacArthur Foundation, e Whitley Laing Foundation / Rufford Small Grants, Centro Nacional de Pesquisas para Conservação Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) de Predadores Naturais – CENAP / IBAMA and Beehive Foraging at Emas National Park, Instituto Conservation International do Brasil Brazil supported the Project “Ecology and Conservation of the Giant Anteater in Emas National Park.” e largest species of anteater in the world, Myrmecophaga tridactyla, is widely dispersed Guilherme Henrique Braga de Miranda, Insti- throughout Central and South America, living tuto Nacional de Criminalística / Departamento in varied habitats, including forests and open de Polícia Federal and Programa de Pós-graduação grassland. e Emas National Park (ENP), about em Ecologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, 133,000 ha and mostly savanna, is one of the Universidade de Brasília, 70.910-900 Brasília, most important reserves of the Cerrado, and is DF, Brazil. E-mail: . located in the southwest of the state of Goiás, bordering the states of Mato Grosso and Mato Flávio Henrique Guimarães Rodrigues, Associa- Grosso do Sul. ção para Conservação dos Carnívoros Neotropicais – Pró-Carnívoros and Departamento de Zoologia, In the late afternoon of 1 February, 2003, we were Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de following two giant anteaters to capture one of Brasília, 70.910-900 Brasília, DF, Brazil. E-mail: them to attach a radio-transmitter (the other was . already equipped) in a grassland area of the ENP. Following the capture and near the capture site, Ísis Meri Medri, Fundação Pantanal Com- we observed and photographed marks produced Ciência, Av. Rio Branco 1270, Universidade by an anteater’s claws, alongside a nearly circular Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, 79304-020 burrow (20 cm diameter) in a termite mound Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. E-mail: about 1.5 m high. Inside this burrow, were found . bees, honey, beehive wall, and the remains of a recently destroyed small Apis mellifera colony. Fernanda Vinci dos Santos, SHIN QI 7, Con- junto 12, Casa 18, 71515-120 Brasília, DF, We found a bee in the fur of the captured anteater Brazil. E-mail: . and a small swarm hovered around it, suggesting that this animal may have attacked the beehive to References eat the insects and/or the honey or other items. Cabrera, A. and Yepes, J. 1940. Mamíferos Sud- Anteaters have rarely been recorded attacking bees’ Americanos. Historia Natural Ediar, Compañía nests (Cabrera and Yepes, 1940). Bee products are Argentina de Editores, Buenos Aires. rich in nutrients and the association of a beehive Redford, K. H. 1986. Dietary specialization and with the termite mound, commonly foraged by variation in two mammalian myrmecophages anteaters, could facilitate the encounter, resulting (variation in mammalian myrmecophagy). in the consumption of bees and their products. In Revta. Chilena Hist. Nat. 59: 201-208. spite of similar problems associated with ants and Redford, K. H. and Dorea, J. G. 1984. e nutri- termites (low nutritional value of the prey, small tional value of invertebrates with emphasis prey size and forms of defense relying on the soci- on ants and termites as food for mammals. ality of the prey) (Redford and Dorea, 1984), bees J. Zool., Lond. 203: 385-395.

54 Edentata no. 5 • December 2003 55 Official List of Brazilian Fauna Threatened with Odonata, and Onycophora and Cnidaria were Extinction – 2002 assessed in 1989), but also to an increase in our knowledge of the status of the country’s fauna. Eight edentates were assessed, and four were listed A workshop, involving about 200 Brazilian and as threatened, of which two are endemic to Brazil international specialists, was held from 9-12 (Bradypus torquatus and Tolypeutes tricinctus). e December, 2002, in Belo Horizonte, Minas criteria used to evaluate threatened status were Gerais, to revise the Official List of Brazilian those of the IUCN – World Conservation Union Fauna reatened with Extinction (Lista Oficial Species Survival Commission (SSC), Version 3.1 da Fauna Brasileira Ameaçada de Extinção). e (IUCN, 2001), with adaptations to a regional previous revision was in 1989 (Edict 1.522, 19th scale as proposed by Gärdenfors et al. (2001) and December, 1989; Bernardes et al., 1990). e approved by the SSC. workshop was coordinated by the Fundação Bio- diversitas, in collaboration with the local NGO Adriano Chiarello (Pontifícia Universidade Terra Brasilis, Conservation International do Católica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte) was Brasil (CI do Brasil), and the Sociedade Brasileira the coordinator for the Mammal Group. Gustavo de Zoologia (SBZ), and was held at the spe- A. B. da Fonseca (Center for Applied Biodiver- cific request of the Instituto Brasileiro do Meio sity Science at Conservation International and Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo (IBAMA) of the Ministry of the Environment Horizonte) and Adriano Chiarello were joint (MMA). Sponsorship was provided by the coordinators of the Edentate Sub-group. Prior Programa de Biodiversidade (PROBIO) of the to the workshop, information and the opinions Ministry of the Environment (MMA), Shell of numerous mammalogists and conservationists do Brasil, Grupo Odebrecht, and Conservation were solicited through a site on the internet spe- International do Brasil. It was also supported by cifically set up for the purpose by the Fundação the US Fish and Wildlife Service and Avina. Biodiversitas. To give an idea of the extent to which the scientific and conservation commu- Demonstrating the importance given to this nity were consulted, we give here some statistics. workshop as a major evaluation of the status of Fifty-two people replied to the consultation for the nation’s fauna by the scientific community, Brazilian mammals, providing a total of 392 the opening ceremony was attended by the Min- “contributions” in terms of pertinent informa- ister of the Environment of Brazil, José Carlos tion on a particular species (Table 1). Dividing Carvalho; the Minas Gerais State Secretary for them into six groups, it can be seen that the the Environment, Celso Castilho; the President Primates and Carnivora attracted the most atten- of Biodiversitas, Roberto Messias Franco; the tion, with 103 contributions from 15 people for President of IBAMA, Rômulo José Fernandes Barreto Melo; the President of SBZ, Olaf Mielke; TABLE 1. The number of people who provided information for the the Director President of CI do Brasil, Roberto assessment of the threatened status of Brazilian mammals in Brandão Cavalcanti; and the Director of Terra the pre-workshop consultation, and the number of contributions Brasilis, Sônia Rigueira. regarding a particular species. Sub-group Informants Contributions e list of threatened species tripled from 218 Primates 15 103 in the 1989 revision to 630, with two extinct Carnivora 21 93 in the wild (still maintained in captivity) and Chiroptera 6 33 a further 10 extinct. e increase in numbers Aquatic mammals 8 42 was due to the inclusion of new groups (fish and Small mammals 13 42 many invertebrate groups) which had not been Other mammals 22 79 assessed previously (only some insects, including

56 Edentata no. 5 • December 2003 57 the former, and 93 contributions from 21 people to their large body size and specialized diet (social for the latter. Fifteen people provided useful insects). e other two threatened edentates have input (37 contributions) regarding the status of much smaller ranges: the northern three-banded the Brazilian edentates. armadillo, or tatu bola (Tolypeutes tricinctus), which is restricted to the Caatinga (a xerophytic reatened Edentates desert scrub and deciduous forest) of northeast- Following the criteria and categories of IUCN ern Brazil and adjacent parts of the Cerrado; and (2001), the assessments for eight species of Bra- the maned sloth (Bradypus torquatus), which zilian edentates resulted in the listing of four as occurs in the Atlantic forest in the states of Bahia, threatened and four as “Data Deficient” (Table Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro. 2). e threatened species were ranked as “Vul- nerable”. Two of them have a wide geographic Ascertaining the conservation status of most Bra- distribution, the giant armadillo (Priodontes zilian edentates was a rather difficult task given maximus) and the giant anteater (Myrmecophaga the overwhelming lack of basic population and tridactyla). Although widely distributed, these ecological data for most species, even for the species seem to be rare everywhere, a fact related largest and most conspicuous. is limitation is

TABLE 2. Edentates on the Official List of Brazilian Fauna Threatened with Extinction, their category and the criteria of threat (following IUCN, 2001), and their distributions in terms of countries, states, and biome. Workshop: Revisão da Lista Oficial da Fauna Brasileira Ameaçada de Extinção, December 2002.

Species and Criteria Common name Distribution States Biome subspecies (IUCN, 2001) Vulnerable (VU) MA AM CE CA Bradypus torquatus Maned sloth Brazil SE, BA, ES, MG, RJ x A2cd South and AC, AM, BA, DF, GO, MG, Myrmecophaga tridactyla Giant ant-eater Central MT, PI, RO, RS, SC, AP, MA, x x x x A2cd America MS, PA, PR, RR, SP, TO Three-banded Tolypeutes tricinctus Brazil BA, GO, PI, AL, RN x x A2cd armadillo AC, AM, BA, DF, GO, Priodontes maximus Giant armadillo South America MG, MT, PI, RO, AP, ES, x x A2cd MS, PA, RR, TO Data Deficient (DD) Bolivia, Southern Paraguay, Data Tolypeutes matacus three-banded MT x Argentina, Deficient armadillo Brazil Brazil, Greater naked- Uruguay, PI, PA, MT, MS, GO, Data Cabassous tatouay x x tailed armadillo Paraguay, ES, RJ, PR, SP Deficient Argentina Chacoan Brazil, Bolivia, Data Cabassous chacoensis naked-tailed Paraguay, MT, MS x Deficient armadillo Argentina Southern lesser Brazil, Data Dasypus hybridus long-nosed Paraguay, RS x Deficient armadillo Argentina States: AC = Acre, AL = Alagoas, AM = Amazonas, AP = Amapá, BA = Bahia, DF = Federal District, ES = Espírito Santo, GO = Goiás, MA = Maranhão, MG = Minas Gerais, MS = Mato Grosso do Sul, MT = Mato Grosso, PA = Pará, PI = Piauí, PR = Paraná, RJ = Rio de Janeiro, RN = Rio Grande do Norte, RO = Rondônia, RR = Roraima, RS = Rio Grande do Sul, SC = Santa Catarina, SE = Sergipe, SP = São Paulo, TO = Tocantins. Biomes: MA = Mata Atlântica, AM = Amazônia, CE = Cerrado, CA = Caatinga.

56 Edentata no. 5 • December 2003 57 most severe for armadillos, which are notoriously 2000), and deserve special acknowledgment: difficult to observe and study in the wild. Almost Gláucia Moreira, Cassio Soares Martins, Cláudia nothing, for example, is known of the naked-tailed Costa, Lívia Vanucci Lins and Gisela Herrmann. species of the genus Cabassous. Two species of this Considerable support was also provided by genus were listed as data deficient C.( tatouay and Mônica Fonseca and Adriano Paglia of Conserva- C. chacoensis) as a result. In general terms the tion International do Brasil, Belo Horizonte. most prominent threat to xenarthrans in Brazil is habitat destruction or alteration. is is happen- Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca, Chair, IUCN/SSC ing not only in the Atlantic forest, where the giant Edentate Specialist Group, Center for Applied Bio- armadillo and the giant anteater are on the verge diversity Science, Conservation International, 1919 of regional extinction, but also in the Cerrado M Street NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036, and Caatinga. Enormous tracts of Cerrado in the and Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciên- states of Goiás, Mato Grosso and Tocantins, for cias Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas example, are being cleared at accelerating speeds Gerais, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, to make room for pasture and soy bean planta- Brazil. E-mail: . tions. is vast region is the major agricultural frontier in Brazil, attracting farmers from other Adriano G. Chiarello, Programa de Mestrado em states, notably from southern Brazil, that take Zoologia de Vertebrados, Pontifícia Universidade advantage of the relatively low land prices. Other Católica de Minas Gerais, Rua Dom José Gaspar main threats include illegal hunting, widespread 500, Prédio 41, Coração Eucarístico, 30535-610 in Brazil, and fire, notably in the Cerrado region, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. E-mail: which particularly affects the giant anteater. .

e following people contributed to the pre- References workshop consultation for edentates: José de Bernardes, A. T., Machado, A. B. M. and Rylands, Sousa e Silva Jr., Tadeu de Oliveira, Teresa Cris- A. B. 1990. Fauna Brasileira Ameaçada de tina Anacleto, Carlos Eduardo Grelle, Fernando Extinção. Fundação Biodiversitas, Belo Hori- Passos, Vera Lúcia Oliveira, Sérgio Maia Vaz, zonte. 65pp. Laurenz Pinder, Rogério C. Paula, Cristiane IUCN. 2001. IUCN Red List Categories and Cri- Encarnação, Antônio R. Mendes Pontes, Denis teria. Version 3.1. e World Conservation Sana, Maria Auxiliadora Drumond, Sônia Tala- Union – IUCN, Species Survival Commis- moni, and Flávio Rodrigues. sion (SSC), Gland, Switzerland and Cam- bridge, UK. Prof. Ângelo B. M. Machado, world expert on Fonseca, G. A. B. da, Rylands, A. B., Costa, Neotropical dragonflies, and Professor of Zool- C. M. R., Machado, R. B., Leite, Y. L. R. and ogy at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, led Furlani, C. (eds.). 1994. Livro Vermelho dos the assessment process in 1989 (Bernardes et al., Mamíferos Brasileiros Ameaçados de Extinção. 1990), representing the Sociedade Brasileira de Fundação Biodiversitas, Belo Horizonte. Zoologia (SBZ). He was again the driving force Gärdenfors, U., Hilton-Taylor, C., Mace, G. for the 2002 re-assessment of the Official List of and Rodríguez, J. P. 2001. e application Brazilian Fauna reatened with Extinction. is of IUCN Red List Criteria at regional levels. time, representing the Fundação Biodiversitas, he Conservation Biology 15: 1206–1212. was general coordinator for the workshop and Lins, L. V., Machado, A. B. M., Costa, C. M. R. the assessment, and most competently supported and Herrmann, G. 1997. Roteiro Metodológico by the staff, who are uniquely experienced in para Elaboração de Listas de Espécies Ameaçadas carrying out these sorts of workshops (see, for de Extinção. Publicações Avulsas da Fundação example, Fonseca et al., 1994; Lins et al., 1997; Biodiversitas 1: 1-50. Fundação Biodiversitas, Machado et al., 1998; Mendonça and Lins, Belo Horizonte.

58 Edentata no. 5 • December 2003 59 Machado, A. B. M., Fonseca, G. A. B. da, Mach- through community wildlife management, the ado, R. B., Aguiar, L. M. de S. and Lins, L. V. project began a self-monitoring program with 1998. Livro Vermelho das Espécies Ameaçadas Izoceño hunters in 1996. Several hundred hunt- de Extinção da Fauna de Minas Gerais. Funda- ers participated from 20 communities. Armadil- ção Biodiversitas, Belo Horizonte. los are hunted a little less than ungulates, with Mendonça, M. P. and Lins, L. V. 2000. Lista five species representing 4000 captures (in order Vermelha das Espécies de Extinção da Flora of importance): Dasypus novemcinctus, Tolypeutes de Minas Gerais. Fundação Biodiversitas, matacus, Chaetophractus villosus, Euphractus Fundação Zoo-Botânica de Belo Horizonte, sexcinctus and C. vellerosus. e first two species Belo Horizonte. alone comprised three-quarters of the captures. Subsistence hunting (armadillos are not hunted for commercial means) in the Izoceño indig- Online Bibliography on Armadillos enous territory appears to be sustainable except possibly in the case of T. matacus. A management Dr. Mariella Superina, Med. Vet. has compiled measure proposed in community meetings, but an extensive bibliography on armadillos, which not yet implemented, is to restrict hunting of contains approximately 2700 titles. References female armadillos during the reproductive season cited are grouped by years: to 1900, 1901-1950, (September-December for all species, the austral 1951-1960, 1961-1970, 1971-1980, 1981-1990, springtime with the end of the dry season and 1991-2000, and undated. Each reference group- beginning of the rainy season). ing is available to download as a single large PDF file, typically with 20-30 pages of references for A sixth sympatric species in the Izozog of each of the later decades. e bibliography may Chacoan thorn scrub and grasslands is Chlamy- be found online at: and is updated be an evil omen (see Edentata (4): 14-16, 2001). regularly. Dr. Superina would greatly appreciate e eastern and northern regions of the Kaa- any comments, error reports, and notes regard- Iya National Park are also home to Priodontes ing missing entries, as well as citations for any maximus in Chiquitano transitional dry forest, new publications. For further information recorded in camera traps along the Bolivia-Brazil contact: Dr. Mariella Superina, University of gas pipeline. Finally, we have registered Cabassous New Orleans, Department of Biological Sci- unicinctus in Chiquitano transitional dry forest ences, New Orleans, LA 70148-0001, Tel: (504) just north of the Bolivia-Brazil gas pipeline and 280-6737 or e-mail: or the Kaa-Iya National Park. is record comprises . the southernmost location for the species’ known distribution in Bolivia, and a significant range extension.

Kaa-Iya Project, Gran Chaco, Bolivia Two other edentates, Tamandua tetradactyla and Myrmecophaga tridactyla, are present in both e Kaa-Iya Project is a collaboration between Chacoan and Chiquitano transitional dry for- the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and ests. Izoceños occasionally consume M. tridactyla the Capitanía del Alto y Bajo Izozog (CABI – the meat, and the species is a preferred prey item for political representation of the Izoceño-Guaraní Ayoreo Indians, whereas T. tetradactyla is killed Indians), with support from the United States only accidentally and infrequently by dogs. Agency for International Development (USAID). In order to conserve biodiversity in the Kaa-Iya Hunting records have provided useful informa- National Park (3.4 million ha) and the neighbor- tion on activity patterns and habitat use for the ing Izoceño indigenous territory (1.9 million ha) five species which are important prey items. In

58 Edentata no. 5 • December 2003 59 addition, Izoceño hunters have provided speci- part of the AZA Western Regional Conference, mens from hunted animals with which we have on 26 April, 2002. e conference was co-hosted analyzed diet for all five species, as well as repro- by the Reid Park Zoo and the Arizona-Sonora duction in Dasypus novemcinctus. e diversity of Desert Museum, and was held at the DoubleTree animals making and using burrows in the Chaco Hotel at Reid Park. has impeded accurate censuses from burrow counts, while line transect censuses are not prac- e meeting agenda included: Steering Com- tical for the species or the habitat; but efforts to mittee elections; completion of a space analysis census armadillos with hunting dogs offer some survey (present / projected 3-year / projected promise. Spool-and-thread as well as implanted 10-year); report of existing holdings by radio-transmitters are proving effective in track- species (per ISIS); development of a regional ing T. matacus. e WCS Field Veterinary Pro- collection plan, including establishing crite- gram and the Lincoln Park Zoo are collecting ria for captive priorities, issuing management serology and parasitology data on D. novemcinc- recommendations for Studbooks, Population tus and T. matacus. Management Plans, and Species Survival Plans, non-target species and accession/de-accession For additional information please contact policies; development of a three-year action Erika Cuéllar or Andrew Noss, Proyecto Kaa- plan, including fund raising initiatives and in Iya, Casilla 6272, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, e-mail: situ projects; and review status of AZA mam- . malian standards updates.

Presentations were given by Don Gillespie, DVM, Nashville Zoo, on giant anteater husbandry; John Online Bibliography on Sloths Gramieri, Lincoln Park Zoo, on a FOIA data analysis of pangolin, aardvark, and xenarthran “Sloth World” is an online bibliography and imports; and Jennifer Pervola, Deputy Chair of database compiled by Virginia L. Naples and the IUCN/SSC Edentate Specialist Group, on Robert K. McAfee. e site is updated regu- activities of the ESG. larly and can be searched by Author, Recent Publications (1991-2002), Specific Genus Mike Flint is currently arranging to have elec- (classification follows Bell and McKenna) tions and other infrastructure for PAX TAG in including extinct genera, and Museum Col- place by the end of March 2004. For more infor- lections. “Sloth World” also includes sections mation, he may be contacted at 520-548-2206 or entitled, “What is a sloth?” and “Slotholo- . gists”, which gives the names and addresses of researchers who study extinct and extant sloth anatomy, systematics, evolution, ecology, and behavior. “Sloth World” may be found at: PAX Listserve . PAXtalk is a newly established listserve estab- lished to promote communication relative to the husbandry and management of pangolins, PAX TAG Meeting aardvarks and xenarthrans. John Gramieri of the Lincoln Park Zoo is the moderator of the e inaugural meeting of the newly approved discussion list, . To sign American Zoological Association Pangolin, Aard- up for the list and to find out more about the vark and Xenarthran Taxonomic Advisory Group listserver, how it works, how to use it, and (PAX TAG) took place in Tucson, Arizona, as which groups you are subscribed to, go to

60 Edentata no. 5 • December 2003 61 //xlists.aza.org> (click on MEMBERS). Due to Bogotá, Colombia, Tel: (57 1) 284-9010, 560- concerns about computer viruses, please refrain 7054, Fax: (57 1) 560-7055, e-mail: . e contents of your existing files can usually be posted by choosing EDIT > SELECT ALL > COPY and then PASTE into your mes- European Zoos’ Commitment to Conservation sages. PAXtalk is an open listserve, which will of the Atlantic Rainforest – EAZA Rainforest serve well to expedite the gathering of valuable Campaign information about pangolins, aardvarks and xenarthrans. Anyone can post requests for infor- mation and ideas about these unique mammals. e mission of the European Association of You may unsubscribe at any time by e-mailing Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA), Chairman Miklós John Gramieri at: . Persányi, Director Koen Brouwer, is to promote co-operation for furthering wildlife conservation, particularly through internationally-coordinated breeding programmes of wild animals, through Atlas of the Colombian Amazon the European Endangered Species Programmes (EEP); to promote education, in particular envi- F u n d a c i ó n ronmental education; to promote regional collec- Puerto Rastrojo tion planning activities; to contribute to relevant is pleased to meetings and discussions of the supra-interna- present the CD- tional organizations, such as the United Nations, ROM “Atlas of e World Conservation Union – IUCN, the the Colombian Amazon”. A consultative tool, European Union, and the Convention on Inter- the Atlas contains information about different national Trade in Endangered Plant and Animal aspects of the Colombian Amazon, including Species (CITES); and to advise, as required, the the physical environment, public services, colo- European Union, or other representative com- nization processes, economy, indigenous settle- mittees such as the European Parliament and the ments, National Parks and institutional presence European Council. (amongst others). e Atlas contains more than 35 interactive maps, as well as a database with At their annual conference in Prague in Sep- 47,000 species localities and a collection of 112 tember 2001, the EAZA launched a major, photos illustrating the variety of landscapes, ways two-year, fund-raising campaign in support of life and activities of the Colombian Amazon. of the conservation of the threatened fauna We hope that this multimedia application will and flora of the endangered Atlantic forest of be useful for researchers, students, public and Brazil, eastern Paraguay and northern Argen- private institutions and the general public. e tina (2001-2002). e Atlantic rain forest was use of the maps, photos, data and texts included chosen because of its status as a priority area in the CD-ROM is free of restriction, as long for the World Association of Zoos and Aquaria as reference is made to the source. Fundación (WAZA), and focuses particularly on the con- Puerto Rastrojo is a Colombian NGO which has servation programs for the four lion tamarin spent the last 20 years working in the Colom- species, Leontopithecus. e zoo community bian Amazon carrying out conservation, research worldwide has played a fundamental role in the and training programmes. overall conservation programs for these species in terms of reintroduction, translocation, meta- e Atlas is available in Spanish. For more population management, scientifically-man- information please contact Fundación Puerto aged captive-breeding, and their participation Rastrojo (FPR), Cra. 10 No. 24-76, Of. 1201, in the international lion tamarin committees

60 Edentata no. 5 • December 2003 61 and support for conservation efforts in the field Captive Breeding of Giant Anteaters at the (see Mallinson, 1996; Kleiman and Mallinson, Houston Zoo 1998; Kleiman and Rylands, 2002). Most zoos keeping one or more of the species also use them as flagships for their conservation efforts. Breeding Behavior e goals of the campaign are to raise awareness In our pair of giant anteaters, the female is the about the conservation needs and conservation one who initiates breeding. She follows the male programmes in the Atlantic rain forest, and to very closely and won’t let him out of her sight. raise money for the Lion Tamarins of Brazil She then grabs hold of him by standing up on Fund – established in 1991 by the founder of her back legs and placing her front legs on his the Jersey Zoo, Gerald Durrell, as a mechanism back, forcing him to the ground. (is is easily specifically targeting the institutions holding done because she is 20 lbs heavier.) Initially, it lion tamarins in captivity to mobilize financial looks as if she is trying to get up on his back like support for ongoing field conservation and an baby anteater. Many times the male tries to get research efforts and to launch critical new initia- away from her, but is unable to, and this may go tives (Mallinson, 1994). on for several minutes until he relents. We have observed both animals in a “face-to-face embrace” e Campaign Planning Group includes: David for up to 30 minutes. is will occur off and on Field (Dublin Zoo, Ireland), Bengt Holst (Copen- for the entire day. Although they are separated in hagen Zoo, Denmark), Kristin Leus (Antwerp the evening, we have seen the behavior continue Zoo, Belgium), Jeremy J. C. Mallinson (until again the next day. recently of the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Jersey) and, as Liaison for the EAZA Execu- Neonates tive Office, Corinne Bos (Amsterdam Zoo, e Our female has had several offspring here at Netherlands). It is hoped that the EAZA Rain- the Houston Zoo, and initially we tried to let forest Campaign will have a long-lasting effect her raise them herself. After she demonstrated through a better understanding of the existing repeatedly that she was unable to successfully conservation programmes and a more direct raise her offspring, we decided to attempt to involvement of the European zoo world. e hand-raise the infants. We have now successfully campaign will thus contribute to the fulfillment of hand-raised two juveniles. the accepted obligation of zoos “to contribute to animal conservation”. Prior to parturition, we keep her inside so that if she does deliver during the night, she will be References Kleiman, D. G. and Mallinson, J. J. C. 1998. Recovery and Management Committees for lion tamarins: Partnerships in conservation planning and implementation. Conservation Biology 12: 1-13. Kleiman, D. G. and Rylands, A. B. 2002. Lion Tamarins: Biology and Conservation. Smithso- nian Institution Press, Washington D.C. Mallinson, J. J. C. 1994. Saving the world’s rich- est rainforest. e Biologist 41(2): 56-60. Mallinson, J. J. C. 1996. e history of golden lion tamarin management and propagation outside of Brazil and current management FIGURE 1. This baby giant anteater was born on August 21st, 2002 practices. Zool. Garten N.F. 66: 197-217. and weighed in at 1907 grams.

62 Edentata no. 5 • December 2003 63 away from the other animals in the enclosure, Wildermuth, en Colonia Belgrano de la misma including the male. After the infant is born, we provincia siendo un bebé, para su crianza. continue to keep her inside the barn so that she can bond with the infant. Initially she is gentle El cuidado de la misma estuvo a cargo del Sr. and seems very attentive; but at anywhere from 3 Heinz Oppliger y la Sra. Gabriela Krauer. La lle- to 5 days after birth she becomes very aggressive, gada al zoo de Zürich se produjo a fines del mes with fatal consequences for the infant. Until we de agosto del 2001 y fue “presentada” a Rafaelo can determine the variables that will improve her el 14 de noviembre del mismo año, luego del maternal behavior, we will continue to hand-rear período de cuarentena. De lo que se deduce que all future offspring. quedó preñada de forma inmediata, ya que la gestación dura 190 días. Phil Coleman, Hoofstock Supervisor, Houston Zoo, Inc., 1513 North MacGregor, Houston, Texas Guillermo Pérez Jimeno, Agrelo 1835, (2005) 77030, USA. E-mail: . Rosario, Argentina. E-mail: .

Pepita y Rafaelo Fueron Padres

El día 4 de junio del 2002 nació un ejemplar de Giant Anteater Sighting oso hormiguero mayor (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) en el Zoológico de Zürich, Suiza. Este ejemplar Paule Gros, a scientist at the St. Louis Zoo who es hijo de Rafaelo y Pepita. Lo auspicioso de este heads the Zoo’s conservation project in the Bosa- nacimiento es que Pepita llegó al zoo hace apenas was Biosphere Reserve in northern Nicaragua, 9 meses. Rafaelo vive aquí desde abril de 1996. has reported a sighting of the endangered giant Pero a pesar de haber compartido su recinto anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) there. e durante 5 años con “Yurumí” una hembra de la discovery is significant due to decreasing popula- especie, nunca se había reproducido. tions in Central America. e Reserve lies just south of the Nicaragua-Honduras border and Pepita provenía de la naturaleza y fue entregada has been dubbed “Central America’s Amazon” por las autoridades de Fauna de la Provincia de because it is part of the largest rain forest north Santa Fe, República Argentina a la Fundación of the Amazon. Working with the Zoo and also the International Center for Tropical Ecology at the University of Missouri at St. Louis, Gros is leading a biological inventory of the region, and training Mayangnan forest guards. Since the project began in January 2000, researchers working in the reserve have also found evidence of the silky anteater (Cyclopes didactylus) and the northern tamandua (Tamandua mexicana).

Update on Nine-Banded Armadillo Research in the U.S.

FIGURA 1. El día 4 de junio del 2002 nació un ejemplar de oso We have been studying the nine-banded arma- hormiguero mayor (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) en el Zoológico de dillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) population at Tall Zürich, Suiza Timbers Research Station in northern Florida

62 Edentata no. 5 • December 2003 63 since 1992. Unfortunately, that study is now find a population where leprosy is prevalent at an end for two reasons. First, an exten- and repeat the work we did at Tall Timbers in sive hardwood removal program conducted order to assess how the disease affects armadillo between 1998-2000 has led to significant habi- population structure and behavior. tat alterations, which in turn have reduced the 4) Comparative Analyses: One of the main reasons armadillo population at our study site by over for our study of nine-banded armadillos was 50%. Second, Tall Timbers has contracted with to assess the impact of polyembryony on the U.S. Department of Agriculture on a study population structure and behavior, particularly to examine the impact of removing nest predators with regard to the potential for kin selection. We of bobwhite quail eggs. As armadillos are one of have found little evidence of any kin selection these predators, the few remaining animals in our occurring in D. novemcinctus, but that does study area will be removed (i.e., killed) beginning not preclude its possible importance in other in the spring of 2004. Consequently, we are in members of the genus. What is required are the process of considering new directions for our comparative data from the other species in the research. At present, we see the following as the genus Dasypus. (In fact, as a first step, we need most promising avenues for future work: genetic data from these other species confirming that littermates are indeed polyembryonic.) At 1) Population Genetics: We have collected an even broader level, we still have very limited DNA samples from nine-banded armadillo knowledge of basic life-history characteristics populations located in areas across the species’ for many armadillo species. For example, even range (e.g., Brazil, French Guiana, Mexico, and published data on something as basic as litter many parts of the U.S.) in order to describe size are often based on very limited observations phylogeographic patterns in the genetic or rely on information from captive births, structure of these populations. However, which may not be representative of what occurs additional samples from other parts of the in the wild. Such data are critical if we are ever species’ range would make our analyses far to understand evolutionary patterns within this more robust. enigmatic group. 2) Chemical Ecology: For animals whose primary sense seems to be olfaction, surprisingly little Any comments, suggestions, or ideas regarding the work has been done on the chemical signals above would be most welcome, as would any pro- produced by armadillos. In nine-banded posals for collaborative projects. We can be reached armadillos, secretions from the paired anal glands via e-mail at either or seem a likely source of odors used in chemical . communication. It would be interesting to examine what types of information might W. J. Loughry and Colleen M. McDonough, be available in these secretions (e.g., identity, Department of Biology, Valdosta State Univer- state of sexual receptivity, etc.). In particular, as sity, Valdosta, GA 31698-0015, USA. D. novemcinctus produces litters of genetically identical quadruplets, it would be exciting to determine whether the composition of odors somehow covaries with genetic relatedness. Armadillo Online! 3) Disease Ecology: Nine-banded armadillos are one of the few animal models for leprosy, yet Maintained by Joshua P. Nixon, “Armadillo almost nothing is known about the impact of Online” is an extensive site dedicated to the 20 the disease in wild populations. Our population species of armadillo, including pictures of eight. at Tall Timbers was leprosy-free, so we now e site gives brief biological summaries of each have an extensive database on an uninfected armadillo species, including: range, description, population. It might be worthwhile to now habitat, ecology, and biology; a short article sum-

64 Edentata no. 5 • December 2003 65 marizing the natural history of the armadillo; a individuals doing conservation research on eden- quick fact file which answers commonly asked tates. In 2002 the Fund approved the following questions about armadillos; and a short descrip- three research projects: tion of the scientific and medical research uses of armadillos. Also listed is a page discussing Hematology, Parasite Load and Health Status common problems caused by armadillos, such as of Wild Zaedyus pichiy Populations in Men- yard destruction. e site can be viewed at: pichi //www.msu.edu/~nixonjos/armadillo/>. For ques- (Zaedyus pichiy), an armadillo endemic to Argen- tions or comments contact Joshua Nixon, e-mail: tina and Chile, has been classified as data defi- . cient by the IUCN (2000). Not much scientific information is available about this species. No hematologic reference values have been published WildlifeDecisionSupport.com to date, which makes health controls of wild and captive pichis difficult. e proposed work aims at collecting basic data about the health status, WildlifeDecisionSupport.com was launched by hematology and parasitological infestation of Dr. Andrew McKenzie, the editor of the Capture wild Zaedyus pichiy populations in Mendoza and Care Manual – which has become the Province, Argentina. Such parameters of healthy, definitive text for wildlife managers, ranchers and wild animals are crucial for a better sanitary con- veterinarians – and Peter Morrison, a well-known trol of wild and captive pichi populations. is ecotourism manager. project will lay the foundation for further stud- ies about Zaedyus pichiy, in which the survival e first edition of the Capture and Care Manual of reintroduced individuals will be studied. e is virtually sold out and at this stage there is no data collected in the proposed work will allow definite plan for a second edition; however, the full an evaluation of the health status of pichis before text of the Manual is now online at . e site also has a commu- the release of pathogens or parasites that could nity-based section where members can share their pose a threat to the extant pichi populations. experiences, knowledge, techniques and queries with colleagues and experts globally. A “news and A Preliminary Survey of the Edentates of the smalls” section keeps the members up-to-date with Dry and Wet Chaco of Argentina – Eduardo their industry and the option to market or pur- Fernandez-Duque. e project will conduct chase services or products. e site also distributes a preliminary survey of edentates in the Gran the specialized wildlife publications of the Wildlife Chaco region of Formosa Province in Argentina. Group and has recently become the South African e objectives are: 1) to identify a population of distributor for the World Organization for Animal giant armadillos in the dry portion of Formosa Health. For further information contact: Peter Province amenable for long-term studies, 2) to Morrison, Member Communications at . the wet region of Formosa Province, 3) to sup- port the training of Argentinean students who will become responsible for the development Edentate Conservation Action Fund – Grants of long-term studies on edentates in the area. Awarded Information from the study will be used in the development of a conservation education pro- gram to be started in 2002 in collaboration with Financed by Conservation International’s Center the Conservation Education Department of for Applied Biodiversity Science, the Edentate the San Diego Zoo and the Provincial Wildlife Conservation Action Fund offers small grants to Department in Formosa. e study will also be

64 Edentata no. 5 • December 2003 65 the first step in developing a research program contatos com a Secretaria Estadual do Meio on edentates in the province of Formosa. In the Ambiente (SEMA) e com alguns pesquisadores wet region of Formosa, systematic censuses of gaúchos no sentido de dar início ao processo edentates will be conducted in Estancia Guay- de elaboração de uma lista a ser sancionada por colec, a cattle ranch where Fernandez-Duque has decreto governamental. been working since 1996. To find a suitable area to work with giant armadillos will require the Paralelamente, em agosto do mesmo ano, teve exploration of vast areas in collaboration with início o projeto Livro Vermelho da Fauna knowledgeable local guides. Ameaçada de Extinção no Rio Grande do Sul, do Museu de Ciências e Tecnologia da Pontifícia Health Survey and Normal Physiologic Values Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul of the Wild Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga (MCT-PUCRS), com a proposta mais ampla tridactyla) in the Brazilian Highlands – Don de elaborar, além de uma lista, também um Gillespie. e giant anteater (Myrmecophaga livro sobre as espécies ameaçadas no Estado, tridactyla) currently ranges over wide areas of gerenciando as informações através de uma South America, with the Brazilian highlands base de dados permanentemente atualizável. considered among the prime habitat for the spe- cies. Even there, the population is estimated to Para evitar a duplicidade de esforços e elaborar have declined to 25% of the population present uma lista única, as equipes foram reunidas 25-30 years ago. Being somewhat specialized sob coordenação geral do “Projeto Livro from a dietary viewpoint, pressures from rapid Vermelho”, contando com apoio da SEMA land development and overhunting may soon através da Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio push this rare species to the threatened species Grande do Sul. A lista aqui apresentada resulta list. It is crucial, therefore, to complete a number do trabalho desenvolvido desde então. Ela of timely surveys, including health assessments to foi elaborada a partir do esforço conjunto de ensure that protected areas in this part of Brazil 43 zoólogos diretamente vinculados ao projeto, maintain viable populations of the giant anteater representando 18 instituições de pesquisa, e in the future. Wild giant anteaters in the Serra 128 colaboradores. da Canastra National Park in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, will be assessed for underlying Com o propósito de formalizar o apoio da health problems, and these data will be used to Secretaria Estadual do Meio Ambiente ao Projeto build a comparative profile of normal physiologic Livro Vermelho e encaminhar o processo de values for use in captive management, in field homologação da lista pelo Governo do Estado, collection, and conservation techniques. Results um convênio entre o MCT-PUCRS e a SEMA will be compared to the ISIS database and the foi firmado em agosto de 2001. Posteriormente, current U.S. zoo population. em 5 de dezembro do mesmo ano, os resultados de dois anos de trabalho do projeto foram sinteticamente apresentados à sociedade gaúcha em uma audiência pública organizada pela Lista das Espécies da Fauna Ameaçadas de SEMA. Participaram representantes do poder Extinção no Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil público estadual e federal, organizadores da lista, zoólogos vinculados ao projeto, colaboradores, A iniciativa de elaborar a primeira lista das pesquisadores, técnicos e representantes de espécies da fauna ameaçadas de extinção no Rio organizações não governamentais, além da Grande do Sul surgiu de forma independente em comunidade. dois grupos de pesquisadores gaúchos. No final de 1999, a associação ambientalista PANGEA, com Ao final, 261 espécies foram classificadas como o apoio da Fundação Biodiversitas, estabeleceu efetivamente ameaçadas de extinção no Rio

66 Edentata no. 5 • December 2003 67 TABELA 1. Número de espécies ameaçadas no Rio Grande do Sul Rua Dr. Salvador França 1427, 90690-000 Porto por grupo zoológico e categoria de ameaça. As siglas seguem Alegre, RS, Brasil. recomendação da IUCN, utilizando a grafia inglesa para facilitar a consulta por pesquisadores de diferentes nacionalidades. Glayson A. Bencke, Laboratório de Ornitologia, Grupo Categorias de Ameaça Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul, RE PE CR EN VU Total Rua Dr. Salvador França 1427, 90690-000 Porto Esponjas 1 2 3 Alegre, RS, Brasil. Moluscos 6 11 17 Crustáceos 7 7 Maurício Schneider, Departamento de Zoologia, Insetos 7 11 18 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Ave- Peixes 4 6 18 28 nida Bento Gonçalves 9500, Bloco IV, pr. 43435, Anfíbios 10 10 90540-000 Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. Répteis 5 12 17 Aves 2 8 31 42 45 128 Roberto E. dos Reis, Museu de Ciências e Mamíferos 1 8 5 19 33 Tecnologia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica Total 2 9 43 72 135 261 do Rio Grande do Sul, Avenida Ipiranga, 6681, Caixa Postal 1429, 90619-900 Porto RE – Regionalmente extinto; PE – Provavelmente extinto; CR – Criticamente em perigo; EN – Em perigo; VU - Vulnerável. Alegre, RS, Brasil. Reference Grande do Sul, enquadrando-se nas categorias de Marques, A. A. B., Fontana, C. S., Vélez, E., ameaça descritas no texto do decreto (Tabela 1). Bencke, G. A., Schneider, M. and Reis, R. E. 2002. Lista das Espécies da Fauna Ameaçadas Com relação aos edentatas, Myrmecophaga de Extinção no Rio Grande do Sul. Decreto nº tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758 foi classificada como 41.672, de 11 de junho de 2002. FZB/MCT- Criticamente em Perigo (CR) e Tamandua PUCRS/PANGEA, Porto Alegre. 52pp. tetradactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) como Vunerável (VU). A destruição e descaracterização dos hábitats constituem as principais fatores que representam ameaça às populações de edentatas no Sophie Danforth Conservation Biology Fund Estado. Como medidas para conservação desses táxons são sugeridas a proteção e recuperação do Roger Williams Park Zoo accepts proposals for hábitat, juntamente com programas de educação the Sophie Danforth Conservation Biology Fund ambiental e estudos de auto-ecologia. of the Rhode Island Zoological Society. Annual awards of up to $1000 are granted to conservation Ana Alice B. de Marques, Universidade do programs that protect threatened wildlife and hab- Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Avenida Unisinos, 950, itats worldwide. Field studies and other projects 93022-000 São Leopoldo, RS, Brasil. E-mail: that demonstrate a multi-disciplinary approach to . biodiversity and ecosystem conservation, as well as projects that involve in-country collaborators, Carla S. Fontana, Museu de Ciências e Tec- receive highest funding priority. Environmental nologia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do education programs, development of techniques Rio Grande do Sul, Avenida Ipiranga, 6681, that can be used in a natural environment, and Caixa Postal 1429, 90619-900 Porto Alegre, captive propagation programs that stress an inte- RS, Brasil. grative approach to conservation are also appro- priate. Deadline for submissions is May 31. Grant Eduardo Vélez, Museu de Ciências Naturais, recipients will be notified by September 3. Pro- Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul, posal guidelines and additional information are

66 Edentata no. 5 • December 2003 67 available on the Roger Williams Park Zoo website for possible inclusion in the IUCN Red List at: , in the Con- of reatened Species, is now available. e servation section, or may be acquired by contact- software incorporates the revised Red List Cat- ing Stacia Martin at . egories (2000) (see below). To purchase a copy, please contact Isabelle Weber, IUCN/SSC, Rue Mauverney 28, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland, The Lincoln Park Zoo Neotropic Fund Fax: +41-22-9990015; e-mail: or Applied Biomathematics, 100 North Country Road, Setauket, NY 11733, USA, Fax: +1 516- e Lincoln Park Zoo Neotropic and Africa/ 751-3435. Single-user and site-licensed copies of Asia Funds support field research in conserva- the software are priced at US$295 and US$445 tion biology around the world. e Neotropic respectively. From: IUCN Species Survival Com- fund focuses on projects undertaken in Latin mission (SSC) E-Bulletin - May 2001. Anna Knee, America and the Caribbean. Since 1986, the Communications Officer, SSC/IUCN. fund has awarded over 150 grants in 19 coun- tries. e Africa/Asia Fund, launched in 1997, focuses on projects throughout Africa, Asia, and The Automated Telemetry Project: Studying the Pacific. e funds emphasize 1) the support Species Interactions in a Tropical Forest of graduate students and other young research- ers, 2) direct impact on wildlife conservation and/or conservation biology, 3) involvement by Presently being installed on Barro Colorado students and/or local field assistants from Latin Island (BCI), Republic of Panama, the premier America, Africa, or Asia at levels that engender field station of the Smithsonian Tropical Research appreciation for wildlife conservation, and 4) Institute, an automated telemetry system will links to either the Lincoln Park Zoo animal col- permit the radio-tracking of tagged animals on a lection or conservation activities of the zoo staff. large scale in a tropical forest. e project is being Each fund typically supports between five and funded by the Celerity Foundation, Gray Island ten projects annually, including project renew- Systems and the Smithsonian Tropical Research als for a second year. Most awards fall into the Institute and will address many of the most range of $3,000-$6,000. Initial support is for up important questions in biology and conservation to 12 months from the date of award, and the including: species interactions and the evolution maximum duration of support is two years. e of diversity, competition, predation, seed disper- current deadline for receipt of Neotropic and sal, effects of fragmentation and human distur- Africa/Asia proposals is October 1st. For addi- bance. Applying telemetry will also allow for the tional information and application procedures ability to consistently find a study animal, which go to , e-mail: opens up future possibilities to research behavior, , or write to: Lincoln eco-physiology, disease, etc. Park Zoo NF/AA Funds, Department of Conser- vation and Science, Lincoln Park Zoo, 2001 N. e project will be using an automated telem- Clark St., Chicago, IL 60614. etry system designed by William Cochran, and described by Larkin et al. (1996). e system uses a scanning receiver which measures the relative signal strength from an array of six directional Version 2.0 of Ramas Red List Software antennas to estimate the direction of a transmitter. Available e correct placement of towers should provide good coverage of the entire island for large ter- Version 2.0 of the RAMAS® software, used restrial animals and medium sized high-flying ani- for assessing the conservation status of species mals, and respectable coverage for smaller animals.

68 Edentata no. 5 • December 2003 69 Initial tests suggest an accuracy of about 5 degrees Ecología Austral in direction finding. Wireless communication will link each receiver to the main lab and will allow the transmission of data back to the lab in real time Ecología Austral is the scientific journal of which will be used to triangulate location of the the Argentine Ecological Society. It publishes animal. Data will be immediately available online original scientific articles on any area of the through software provided by Gray Island Systems environmental sciences. Articles may be (1) and will be used both for educational purposes, Original research: results of field, experimen- open to the general public, and also through pass- tal or theoretical research, (2) Reviews: papers word protected areas available only to researchers reviewing the present knowledge of a topic, and involved in specific projects. Presently, three initial (3) Short communications: short papers report- projects are planned to test the system, which will ing on a minor work representing an improve- hopefully include a study of ocelots, high flying ment in general knowledge or a methodological bats, and large frugivorous bats. development. Articles are peer-reviewed by at least two referees. Manuscripts are accepted in For further information contact: Roland Spanish, English or Portuguese. e Editor- Kays, Ph.D., Curator of Mammals, New in-Chief is seeking the help of reviewers in York State Museum, CEC 3140, Albany, NY any of the three languages of the journal. To 12230, Tel: 518-486-3205, Fax: 518-486- this end, a database is being developed (about 2034, email: , . also to avoid requesting reviews from the same expert too frequently. For those interested Reference in volunteering for the peer review process Larkin, R. P., Raim, A. and Diehl, R. H. 1996. please send a message to: Dr. Jorge Rabinov- Performance of a nonrotating direction- ich, Editor, Ecología Austral, e-mail: . From: NeoCons 1(2), of Field Ornithology 67: 59-71. April 2001, Neotropical Conservation Biology Bulletin: . Mammalian Species

Mammalian Species, editor Virginia Hayssen, is published regularly by the American Society of Revised Red List Criteria Mammalogists with 25-30 new accounts issued each year. Each account summarizes the current e new improved categories and criteria used understanding of the biology of a single species, for listing plants and animals on the IUCN Red including systematics, distribution, fossil history, List of reatened Species are now available, genetics, anatomy, physiology, behavior, ecology, after a four-year review which was called for by and conservation. e American Society of Mam- IUCN members. e review, coordinated by malogists have now put 631 mammalian species SSC, involving broad consultation with users accounts online as PDF files, and subscriptions and organizations from around the world, has to the series are also available for $30.00 per year. produced a clearer, more open, and easy-to-use For more information on the series email David system for assessing species. With particular Stadler at Allen Press: or visit the Mammalian Species website at cies, and population fluctuations, the review has . ries and criteria as indicators of extinction risk.

68 Edentata no. 5 • December 2003 69 See for more details. From: satisify the following critera: be a scientist and IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) E-Bul- a citizen of a developing country, have at least a letin - March 2001. Anna Knee, Communica- MSc or equivalent degree, be under 40 years of tions Officer, SSC/IUCN. age (30 for Chinese applicants), be working at a university or research institution in a developing country (the institution is expected to provide salaries and basic research facilities), will do International Foundation for Science research in one of the IFS Research Areas and do the research in a developing country. e Excerpt from the IFS website: IFS is an NGO pro- selection process is rigorous with consider- viding support to developing country scientists able competition for the available grants. e to conduct, in a developing country, relevant applications are judged by an international and high quality research on the management, panel of Scientific Advisers on the basis of the use, and conservation of biological resources and applicant’s personal qualifications, the scientific their environment. IFS believes that the interests quality and feasibility of the proposal, and the of both science and development are best served relevance of the planned research results. For by promoting and nurturing the research efforts more information see: or of young science graduates, who are at the begin- email:. ning of their research careers. Since 1974, IFS has provided support, mainly in the form of small research grants, to over 3,200 scientists in 99 developing countries. 9th International Mammalogical Congress

IFS support is primarily financial and in the e Congress Committee for MAMMAL2005 form of a research grant in the amount of up (the 9th International Mammalogical Congress; to USD 12,000, which may be renewed twice. formerly the International eriological Con- Each grant is for one research period, normally gress: ITC) has been launched. e Congress not less than one year nor more than three years Committee will periodically inform about the and is intended for the purchase of the basic tools preparation of MAMMAL2005 through e-mail needed to conduct a research project: equipment, and the official website (), which is now fully operational. ough used for education, travel, or the applicant’s salary. we are now managing e-mail addresses based on However, a PhD Fellowship (Carolina MacGil- members lists of the 7th and 8th ITC and several lavry Fellowship) is available for applicants from mammalogical organizations, we would like to the SADC countries. IFS research areas include: renew the list of addresses for MAMMAL2005. Aquatic Resources, Animal Production, Crop If you are you interested in MAMMAL2005, Science, Forestry/Agroforestry, Food Science, please reply to . If you have a colleague who is interested of these scientific disciplines is encouraged, as in MAMMAL2005, please recommend him/her long as scientific research is proposed, and not a to contact us at : Koichi Kaji and Takashi Saitoh (Sec- ers must also ask themselves how their research retary General). For more information, please will affect, or be affected by, local ecological and contact: Tomoko Takahashi (Secretary), e-mail: socio-economic conditions where the research is . likely to be implemented.

70 Edentata no. 5 • December 2003 71 training workshops. e Analyses of Proposals to RECENT PUBLICATIONS Amend the CITES Appendices will be produced in collaboration with the TRAFFIC Network for the 12th COP. For more information see: or cites/cites.htm>. Saint Louis are now available for purchase. Mem- bers can receive a copy for $45. Please log on to AZA’s website at , and click on “Publications” for more information on how to A Red Data Book for the Mammals of Ecuador order a copy. An order form can be downloaded from the website and should be filled out and e Red Data Book for Ecuadorean Mammals returned to the AZA Publications Department (Libro Rojo de Los Mamíferos de Ecuador) is edited with a check or money order drawn from a U.S. by Diego Tirira, S. It is an attractively produced bank. If you have any questions, please feel free and informative evaluation, in Spanish, of the to contact the Publications Department at 301- threatened mammals of Ecuador. Authors of 562-0777, ext. 253 or ext. 247. the treatments of the various mammal groups include: Carlos Boada (SIMBIOE), Santiago Burneo (Museo de Zoologia, Pontificia Uni- versidad Católica del Ecuador), Armando CITES: A Conservation Tool – New Edition Castellanos (Fundación Zoobreviven, Quito), Available Cristina Castro, A. (Yaqu-Pacha, Organización para la Conservación de Mamíferos Acuáticos e IUCN/SSC Wildlife Trade Programme en Sudamérica), Francisco Cuesta (Fundación has completed the seventh edition of CITES: EcoCiencia, Quito), Stella de la Torre (Quito), A Conservation Tool, A Guide to Amending the Judith Denkinger (Yaqu-Pacha, Organización Appendices to the Convention on International para la Conservación de Mamíferos Acuáticos Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and en Sudamérica), Godfrey Merlen (Estación Flora. is publication guides the CITES Parties Científica Charles Darwin, Galápagos), Sandie through the Convention’s articles and resolutions Salazar (Estación Científica Charles Darwin, and covers the process for the submission, pre- Galápagos), Luis Suárez (Fundación EcoCien- sentation, and adoption of proposals to amend cia, Quito), Diego Tirira, S. (SIMBIOE) and the Appendices for the 12th CITES Meet- Victor Utreras, B. (Wildlife Conservation ing of the Conference of the Parties (CoP 12, Society – Ecuador). e list of threatened spe- 3-15 November 2002, Chile). e seventh edi- cies was the result of two years’ work and the tion has been produced in booklet form and CD participation of more than thirty people. Fol- for the first time. e guide is available in PDF lowing training in threatened species assessment in English, French and Spanish. is guide forms and the use of the 2000 IUCN criteria given by part of a series of tools prepared by the Wildlife the IUCN/SSC Red List program staff, the list Trade Programme for CITES Scientific Authori- was finalized at a workshop organized by SIM- ties. ese include a checklist and resource guide BIOE and the Fundación EcoCiencia in Quito, to help CITES Scientific Authorities make Non- September 2000. Detriment Findings (a requirement for export of certain specimens) which will be published Each threatened species is nicely illustrated, with as an SSC Occasional Paper. e Programme is information on the distribution, current status, working with the CITES Secretariat to develop principal threats, and measures already under- other tools and is providing input to technical taken and measures proposed for their conserva-

70 Edentata no. 5 • December 2003 71 tion. e IUCN 2000 criteria are used for the References assessments (IUCN, 2001). In the introduction, IUCN. 2001. IUCN Red List Categories and Diego Tirira, Francisco Cuesta and Luis Suárez Criteria. Version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival explain that Ecuador has the richest biodiver- Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland sity per unit area of any country in the world. and Cambridge, UK. ey report 369 mammal species, 12 of which Tirira S., D. (ed.) 1998. Biología, Sistemática y are edentates. e book includes some valuable Conservación de los Mamíferos del Ecuador. analyses of the biogeography and status of Ecua- Publicación Especial 1. Museo de Zoología. dorean mammals in general by Santiago Burneo Centro de Biodiversidad y Ambiente, Pon- and Diego Tirira. Nine of the 13 mammal tificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador y orders in Ecuador have threatened species. Sociedad para la Investigación y Monitoreo Forty-nine mammals are listed as threatened, de la Biodiversidad Ecuatoriana (SIMBIOE), and four orders account for nearly 78% of them Quito. 217pp. ISBN 9978-40-434-1. – Rodents 14 of 100 species, Carnivora 11 of 31 Tirira S., D. 1999. Mamíferos del Ecuador. species, Cetacea 7 of 33 species and Chiroptera 6 Publicación Especial 2. Museo de Zoología. of 132 species. Of the 12 edentate species Tirira Centro de Biodiversidad y Ambiente, Pon- recognizes for Ecuador, the following are listed tificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador y as threatened: Near threatened (NT) – Cabas- Sociedad para la Investigación y Monitoreo sous centralis; Data Deficient (DD) – Cabassous de la Biodiversidad Ecuatoriana (SIMBIOE), unicinctus, Choloepus hoffmanni, Cyclopes didac- Quito. 392pp. ISBN 9978-40-835-5. tylus, Dasypus kappleri, Myrmecophaga tridactyla, Tirira S., D. (ed.) 2001. Libro Rojo de Los Mamífe- Priodontes maximus. ros de Ecuador. Sociedad para la Investigación y Monitoreo de la Biodiversidad Ecuatoriana Two books to accompany this one are Biología, (SIMBIOE) / Ecociencias / Ministerio del Sistemática y Conservación de los Mamíferos del Ambiente / UICN. Serie Libros Rojos del Ecuador (1998) and Mamíferos del Ecuador Ecuador, Tomo 1. Publicación Especial sobre (1999), both also by Diego Tirira. e first is los Mamíferos del Ecuador. 236pp. ISBN an edited volume, which reviews numerous 9978-41-614-5. aspects of Neotropical mammalogy and Ecua- dorean mammals in particular. e second is a more formal review of the diversity, distribu- Books tions and taxonomy of Ecuadorean mammals, including chapters on diversity, Ecuadorean Lessons from Amazonia: e Ecology and Con- species and their distributions, an identification servation of a Fragmented Forest, edited by guide, bibliography and scientific collections. Richard O. Bierregaard Jr., Claude Gascon, Besides the species mentioned above in the omas E. Lovejoy and Rita Mesquita. 2001, Red Data Book, Tirira (1999) lists for Ecuador 478pp. Yale University Press, NY. ISBN 0-300- – Bradypus variegatus, Choloepus didactylus, 08483-8 (Cloth). Price: $65.00. e foreword Dasypus novemcinctus, Tamandua mexicana and is by Edward O. Wilson, and prologue by Eneas T. tridactyla. Salati. is book presents the results of the lon- gest-running and most comprehensive study of e Red Data Book is available from: SIM- forest fragmentation ever undertaken, the Bio- BIOE, Av. Amazonas 2915 e Inglaterra, Edifício logical Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project Inglaterra, Piso 2, Apartado 17-11-6025, Quito, (BDFF), north of Manaus, in central Amazonia, Ecuador, Tel: (593-2) 431-097 or 452-596, Fax: run jointly by the Smithsonian Institution and (593-2) 442-771; e-mail: . (INPA). Forest fragmentation is one of the

72 Edentata no. 5 • December 2003 73 biggest research fields in tropical conservation for the sampling design and kind of data that we biology, and this book provides a remarkable plan to collect, be able to interpret the output of overview of many of the key issues, presenting the analyses using these models, and be able to design experimental research, inventories and long-term experiments and sampling programs optimally, monitoring of biotic and abiotic aspects of forest i.e. with the best possible use of our limited time fragments of different sizes since 1979 when the and resources. e analysis may be done by profes- project was begun. It is divided into five parts: sional statisticians, rather than statistically trained 1. eory and overview (4 chapters); 2. Forest biologists, especially in large research groups or ecology and genetics (4 chapters); 3. Fragmenta- multidisciplinary teams. In these situations, we tion effects on plant communities (5 chapters), need to be able to speak a common language: on invertebrate communities (5 chapters), and frame our questions in such a way as to get a sen- on vertebrate communities (4 chapters); 4. Man- sible answer, be aware of biological considerations agement guidelines (6 chapters), and 5. Synthesis that may cause statistical problems – we can not (1 chapter on principles of forest fragmentation expect a statistician to be aware of the biological and conservation in the Amazon). Available from: idiosyncrasies of our particular study, but if he or Yale University Press, in the US (toll-free) – Tel: she lacks that information, we may get misleading 1-800-405-1619, Fax: 1-800-406-9145, e-mail: or incorrect advice – and understand the advice or ; in Canada, Mexico, analyses that we receive, and be able to translate South America, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, or that back into biology. is book aims to place Australia – Customer Service Dept., Tel: 401-531- biologists in a better position to do these things. 2800, Fax: 401-531-2801; in the United King- It arose from our involvement in designing and dom, Europe, Africa, or Asia – London office, Tel: analyzing our own data, but also providing advice 44-207-431-4422, Fax: 44-207-431-3755, e-mail: to students and colleagues, and teaching classes in . Website: . became aware, first of our limitations, prompting us to read more widely in the primary statistical Experimental Design and Data Analysis for literature, and second, and more importantly, of Biologists, by Gerry P. Quinn, Monash Univer- the complexity of the statistical models underly- sity and Michael J. Keough, University of Mel- ing much biological research. In particular, we bourne, 2002, Cambridge University Press. Price: continually encountered experimental designs $110.00 (Hardbound), ISBN: 0-521-81128-7. that were not described comprehensively in many Price: $45.00 (Paperback), ISBN: 0-521-00976- of our favorite texts. is book describes many of 6. Statistical analysis is at the core of most modern the common designs used in biological research, biology, and many biological hypotheses, even and we present the statistical models underly- deceptively simple ones, are matched by complex ing those designs, with enough information to statistical models. Prior to the development of highlight their benefits and pitfalls. Our empha- modern desktop computers, determining whether sis here is on dealing with biological data – how the data fit these complex models was the prov- to design sampling programs that represent the ince of professional statisticians. Many biologists best use of our resources, how to avoid mistakes instead opted for simpler models whose structure that make analyzing our data difficult, and how had been simplified quite arbitrarily. Now, with to analyze the data when they are collected. immensely powerful statistical software available We emphasize the problems associated with to most of us, these complex models can be fitted, real world biological situations. Where to order: creating a new set of demands and problems Cambridge University Press, 40 West 20th for biologists. We need to know the pitfalls and Street, New York, NY, 10011-4211, USA. Tel: assumptions of particular statistical models, be (800) 872-7423 Fax: (914) 937-4712, website: able to identify the type of model appropriate .

72 Edentata no. 5 • December 2003 73 Diversidad y Conservación de los Mamíferos Neo- amphibians, birds, reptiles and all South Ameri- tropicales, edited by Gerardo Ceballos and Javier can mammals arranged by order and genus. A. Simonetti, Comisión Nacional para el Conhe- Topics include conservation efforts, diseases in cimento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO) free-ranging populations, and management of and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, animals in captivity. Special coverage is given México, DF. 2002. 582pp. ISBN 970-9000-18- to general health topics such as nutrition, oph- 7. is edited volume provides excellent coun- thalmology and dentistry. Pages 238 to 255 are try-by-country reviews of the mammal faunas of dedicated to the Xenarthra, with the following South America, Costa Rica, Cuba, Panama, and contributions: Biology and Captive Manage- Mexico. In Spanish but with English abstracts. ment of Armadillos and Anteaters – Ana Maria e Prologue is by Michael Mares (Oklahoma Beresca and Kátia Cassaro, pp.238-245; Biology Museum of Natural History and Department and Captive Management of Sloths – Carlos of Zoology, University of Oklahoma). Contents: Esbérard, pp.245-246; Husbandry – Antônio Mamíferos de Argentina – R. A. Ojeda, C. E. Messias-Costa and Carlos Esbérard, pp.246-247; Borghi & V. G. Roig, pp. 23-63; Mamíferos de Medicine and Neonatal Care of Sloths – Antônio Bolivia – J. G. Bravo, T. L. Yates & L. M. Zalles, Messias-Costa, pp.247-249; General Medicine pp.65-113; Mamíferos de Brasil – C. J. R. Alho, – Lilian de Stefani Munão Diniz, pp.249-255. M. L. Reis & P. Seixas, pp.115-150; Mamífe- An excellent compendium and difficult to believe ros de Chile – J. E. Mella, J. A. Simonetti, that any zoo or breeding institution could do A. E. Spotorno & L. C. Contreras, pp.151- without it. Available from: Iowa State University 183; Mamíferos de Colombia – M. Alberico & Press, 212 South State Avenue, Ames, IA 50014, V. Rojas-Diaz, pp.185-226; Mamíferos de Costa USA, Tel: 800 862 6657, 515 292 0155, Fax: Rica – D. E. Wilson, R. M. Timm & F. A. Chin- 515-292-3348. Website: . chilla – pp.227-253; Mamíferos de Cuba – G. S. Taboada, pp.255-270; Mamíferos de Ecuador – e New Encyclopaedia of Mammals, edited by L. Albuja V., pp.271-327; Mamíferos de Guyana David W. Macdonald, Assistant Editor Sasha – M. D. Engstrom & B. K. Lim, pp.329-375; Norris. 2001. Oxford University Press, Oxford. Mamíferos de México – G. Ceballos, J. Arroyo- 930pp. ISBN 0 19 850823 9. Price £35.00. Cabrales & R. A. Medellin, pp.377-413; Mamífe- Unsurpassed in the breadth and depth of its text ros de Panamá – R. Samudio Jr., pp.415-451; and the scope of its illustrations, this book treats Mamíferos de Paraguay – P. Myers, A. Taber & I. every living species of mammal from aardvark G. de Fox, pp.453-502; Mamíferos de Perú – V. to antechinus and from zebra to zorros, and Pacheco, pp.503-549; Mamíferos de Uruguay all of the edentates besides. Each entry gives a – P. O. Baes, S. Sühring & G. Ceballos, pp.551- systematic account of a species’ or group’s form, 565; Mamíferos de Venezuela – G. Ceballos, P. diet, distribution, behaviour, natural history, and O. Baes, S. Sühring, Y. Domínguez & H. Zarza, conservation status. e very latest discoveries of pp.567-582. Available from: Comisión Nacional new species are also included, making this the para el Conhecimento y Uso de la Biodiversidad most comprehensive and up-to-date resource (CONABIO), Liga periférico-Insurgentes sur available. e text is augmented by numerous 4903, Col. Parques del Pedregal, Tlalpan, 14510, illustrations which combine the best of wildlife México, DF, México. photography with superb detailed colour art- work. ‘Factfile’ panels with distribution maps and Biology, Medicine, and Surgery of South Ameri- scale drawings give readers an instant overview of can Wild Animals, edited by Murray E. Fowler key data. It is the completely revised successor to and Zalmir S. Cubas, 2001, 536pp. Iowa State e Encyclopaedia of Mammals published in 1984 University Press, Ames, Iowa. ISBN 0 8138 (George, Allen and Unwin, London). e book 2846-5. Price US$89.65. An extraordinary itself claims to be the definitive reference work compilation of continent-specific coverage of on mammals for the 21st Century and nobody

74 Edentata no. 5 • December 2003 75 could argue with that right now. It is a spectacu- of Amazonia – T. Van der Hammen, pp.19-44; lar book and an extremely valuable, an essential Hypotheses to explain the origin of species in reference for any zoologist. Its price is accessible Amazonia – J. Haffer, pp.45-118; Avian diver- – it is a great bargain. e advisory editors were sification in Amazonia: evidence for historical Hans Kruuk (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, complexity and a vicariance model for a basic Banchory, UK), Richard Connor (University of diversification pattern – J. Bates, pp.119-137; Massachusetts, Dartmouth, USA), John Har- Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification wood (Gatty Marine Laboratory, University of of Amazonian mammals – J. Patton & M. N. St. Andrew’s, UK), Guy Cowlishaw (Institute of F. da Silva, pp.139-164. Part II. Human and Zoology, London, UK), John du Toit (Mammals Cultural Diversity. Diversidade genética de Research Institute, University of Pretoria, South populações humanas na Amazônia. – D. de F. Africa), Jerry O. Wolff (University of Memphis, Lobato da Silva, A. K. C. Ribeiro dos Santos & Tennessee, USA), Christopher R. Dickman S. E. Batista dos Santos, pp.167-193; Amazônia (University of Sydney, Australia), and Gareth socioambiental – sustentabilidade ecológica e Jonnes (University of Bristol, Bristol, UK). e diversidade social – D. Lima & J. Pozzobon, artwork is by Priscilla Barrett, Denys Ovenden, pp.195-251; Um aspecto da diversidade cultural Malcolm McGregor, Michael R. Long and do caboclo – R. H. Maués, pp.253-272; Science Graham Allen. Edentates (a general introduc- and the representation of nature in Amazonia: tion) – Christopher R. Dickman, pp.786-787; from La Condamine through Da Cunha to Anna Anteaters – Virginia Naples, pp.788-791; Sloths Roosevelt – D. Cleary, pp.273-296. Part III. – Christopher R. Dickman, pp.792-795; Arma- Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in Amazonia. As dillos – Colleen McDonough & W. Jim Loughry, ciências, o uso de recursos naturais na Amazônia e pp.796-799. Available from: Direct Sales Depart- a noção de desenvolvimento sustentável: por uma ment, Oxford University Press, Saxon Way West, interdisciplinaridade ampla – F. de Assis Costa, Corby, Northhamptonshire NN18 9ES, UK. pp.299-318; Natural vs. social science concepts By e-mail: . Website: in applied research on Amazônia: a critical assess- . ment – M. Nitsch, pp.319-346; Domestication of Amazonian fruit crops – past, present, future Diversidade Biológica e Cultural da Amazônia, – C. R. Clement, pp.347-367; Dinâmica evo- edited by Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira, José lutiva em roças de caboclos amazônicos – P. S. Maria Cardoso da Silva, David Conway Oren Martins, pp.369-384; Influence of habitat on the and Maria Ângela D’Incao. 2001, Museu sustainability of mammal harvests in the Peruvian Paraense Émilio Goeldi, Belém, Pará, Brazil. Amazon – R. Bodmer, P. Puertas, R. Aquino & 421pp. ISBN 85 7098 067 1. Price $25.00 C. Reyes, pp.385-402; Biodiversity: today’s and (+ US$5.00 p&p outside of Brazil). In English tomorrow’s importance – W. Kerr, pp.403-409. and Portuguese. e results of a symposium Part IV. Tributes. La Penha: gerador e gerenciador celebrating the 130th anniversary of the Museu de ciência – L. M. F. Bassalo, pp.413-416; Paulo Paraense Émilio Goeldi, Belém, 23-27 October Sodero: mestre por excelência – I. C. G. Vieira, 1996 – “e Biological and Cultural Diversity p.417; Jorge Pozzobon, agora no céu com of Amazonia in a World of Transformation”. e diamantes, M. Meira, pp.419-421. Available book covers three basic questions: What is the from: Biblioteca, Museu Paraense Émilio Goeldi, origin of Amazonian biodiversity?; What is the Caixa Postal 399, 66040-170 Belém, Pará, Brazil. origin of the region’s cultural diversity?; and How Website: . to promote the sustainable use of biodiversity in the Amazon? Contents: Part I. Origin of Biodiver- Técnicas de Coleta e Preparação de Vertebrados, sity in Amazonia. e Amazonian rainforest only edited by Paulo Auricchio and Maria da Graça some 6-5 million years old – N.-A. Mörner, D. Salomão (eds.), 2002. is 350-page book in Rosetti & P. M. de Toledo, pp.3-18; Paleoecology Portuguese is the first Brazilian compilation of

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78 Edentata no. 5 • December 2003 79 McDonald, H. G. 2002. Fossil Xenarthra of collection data for use in biodiversity assess- Mexico: A review. In: Avances en los estudios ment. Conserv. Biol. 15(3): 648-657. paleomastozoológicos en México, M. Mon- Rodrigues, F. H. G., Marinho-Filho, J. and tellano Ballesteros and J. Arroyo Cabrales dos Santos, H. G. 2001. Home ranges of (eds.), pp. 227-248. Colección Científica translocated lesser anteaters Tamandua Serie Arqueología 443. Instituto Nacional tetradactyla in the cerrado of Brazil. Oryx de Antropologia e Historia, Mexico City. 35(2): 166-169. Mercolli, C. and Yanosky, A. A. 2001. Greater Roldán, A. I. and Simonetti, J. A. 2001. Plant- rhea predation in the Eastern Chaco of mammal interactions in tropical Bolivian Argentina. Ararajuba 9(2): 139-141. forests with different hunting pressures.Con - Moraes, N., Morgante, J. S. and Miyaki, C. Y. serv. Biol. 15(3): 617-623. 2002. Genetic diversity in different popu- dos Santos Filho, M. and Ferreira da Silva, M. lations of sloths assessed by DNA fin- N. 2002. Use of habitats for mammals in gerprinting. Brazilian Journal of Biology areas of Cerrado of central Brazil: A study 62(3): 503-508. with photographic snares. Revista Brasileira Mourão, G. and Medri, Í. M. 2002. A new way de Zoociências 4(1): 57-73. In Portuguese. of using inexpensive large-scale assembled Schratter, D. 2001. Successful rearing of twins of GPS to monitor giant anteaters in short the giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) time intervals. Wildlife Society Bulletin in Schoenbrunn Zoo. Zoologische Garten 30(4): 1029-1032. 71(2): 97-112. In German. Naughton-Treves, L., Mena, J. L., Treves, A., Soares, C. A. and Carneiro, R. S. 2002. Social Alvarez, N. and Radeloff, V. C. 2003. Wild- behavior between mothers x young of sloths life survival beyond park boundaries: e Bradypus variegatus Schinz, 1825 (Xenarthra: impact of slash and burn agriculture and Bradypodidae). Brazilian Journal of Biology hunting on mammals in Tambopata, Peru. 62(2): 249-252. Conservation Biology 17(4): 1106-1117. Tanhauser, S. M., Cheadle, M. A., Massey, E. T., Oliveira, E. V. 2001. Dental microwear in Mayer, B. A., Schroedter, D. E., Dame, J. some Dasypodidae (Mammalia: Xenarthra). B., Greiner, E. C. and MacKay, R. J. 2001. Acta Biologica Leopoldensia 23(1): 83-91. In e nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novem- Portuguese. cinctus) is naturally infected with Sarcocystis Pedrosa, M. A. C., Lima, A. M. J., Bezerra, A. P., neurona. Int. J. Parasitol. 31(4): 325-329. Duarte, D. P. F. and Da Costa, C. P. 2002. Taube, E., Keravec, J., Vie, J. C. and Duplan- e effect of feeding on the respiratory activ- tier, J. M. 2001. Reproductive biology and ity of the sloth. Brazilian Journal of Medical postnatal development in sloths, Brad- and Biological Research 35(7): 851-854. ypus and Choloepus: Review with original Pessino, M. E. M., Sarasola, J. H., Wander, C. data from the field (French Guiana) and and Besoky, N. 2001. Long-term response from captivity. Mammal Review 31(3-4): of puma (Puma concolor) to a population 173-188. decline of the plains vizcacha (Lagostomus Terrell, S. P., Weber, M. A., Neiffer, D. L., maximus) in the Monte Desert, Argentina. Miller, M. A., Mangold, B. J., Fontenot, Ecologia Austral 11(2): 61-67. In Spanish. D. K. and Stetter, M. A. 2001. Cutaneous Platt, S. G. and Rainwater, T. R. 2003. Above- pox virus infection in two giant anteaters ground “nest” of the nine-banded arma- (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) with clinical dillo in Belize. Florida Field Naturalist and pathologic features similar to human 31(1): 8-9. molluscum contagiosum. In: Proceedings of Ponder, W. F., Carter, G. A., Flemons, P. and the American Association of Zoo Veterinar- Chapman, R. R. 2001. Evaluation of museum ians, American Association of Wildlife Vet-

80 Edentata no. 5 • December 2003 81 erinarians, Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians and the National Association of Zoo and Wildlife Veterinar- MEETINGS ians Joint Conference, Orlando, Florida, September 18-23, 2001, C. K. Baer and M. M. Willette (eds.), pp. 127-130. American 2004 Association of Zoo Veterinarians, Place of publication not given. Student Conference on Conservation Science, Timock, J. and Vaughan, C. 2003. A census of 24-26 March, 2004, Department of Zoology, mammal populations in Punta Leona Pri- University of Cambridge, UK. Plenary lectures vate Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica. Revista de by four leading figures in the field: Prof. Gretchen Biologia Tropical 50(3-4): 1169-1180. Daily (Stanford University), Prof. Kathy Home- Touchton, J. M., Hsu, Y. C. and Palleroni, A. wood (University College, London), Prof. John 2002. Foraging ecology of reintroduced Reynolds (University of East Anglia) and Dr. captive-bred subadult harpy eagles (Harpia Bob Watson (e World Bank and former Chair, harpyja) on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. IPCC). For more information see the website: Ornitologia Neotropical 13(4): 365-379. . Tury, E., Messias, A. C., Belak, K. and Gimeno, E. J. 2001. Acute disseminated International Fund for Animal Welfare toxoplasmosis in a captive three-toed sloth – Forum on Wildlife Conservation, 17-20 June (Bradypus tridactylus). J. Comp. Pathol. 125 2004, Limerick, Ireland. e International Fund (2/3): 228-231. for Animal Welfare (IFAW), in association with Van Deelen, T. R., Parrish, J. D. and Heske, E. J. the University of Limerick, will be holding an 2002. A nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus international forum in Limerick, Ireland, from novemcinctus) from central Illinois. South- 17-20 June 2004. e theme of the forum is: western Naturalist 47(3): 489-491. Wildlife Conservation: In Pursuit of Ecologi- Vizcaino, S. F., Milne, N. and Bargo, M. S. cal Sustainability. e objective of the forum 2003. Limb reconstruction of Eutatus is to focus attention on, and to advance the seguini (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Dasy- understanding of, issues surrounding the pur- podidae). Paleobiological implications. suit of ecologically sustainable use and the Ameghiniana 40(1): 89-101. conservation of wildlife (including fisheries). Vizcaino, S. F. and Milne, N. 2002. Structure e programme consists of approximately and function in armadillo limbs (Mam- 24 invited lectures, and a limited number of con- malia: Xenarthra: Dasypodidae). Journal of tributed papers, which will be presented as post- Zoology (London) 257(1): 117-127. ers. e programme is divided into five sessions: Werning, H. 2002. e long-haired armadillo 1) e Global Context; 2) Modern Examples; (Chaetophractus vellerosus). Rodentia 2(3): 3) Factors at Play; 4) e Way Forward; 31-34, Nr. 7. In German. 5) eory into Practice. Zabala, R. 2002. Environmental enrichment: Yurumi (Myrmecophaga tridactyla). Animal e programme committee invites submission Keepers’ Forum 28(7): 277-281. of abstracts to be considered for inclusion in Zimmerman, B., Peres, C. A., Malcolm, J. R. the programme as contributed poster papers. and Turner, T. 2001. Conservation and Abstracts will be received until 1 February 2004. development alliances with the Kayapó of Abstracts should follow the guidelines described south-eastern Amazonia, a tropical forest in the “Abstract Guidelines” section on the IFAW indigenous people. Environmental Conser- website. For more information on the Forum, vation 28(1): 10-22. including a list of confirmed speakers, please visit

80 Edentata no. 5 • December 2003 81 or contact Sheryl website at . If Fink at . you have any questions, contact the conference organisers by e-mail at . e Organizing Committee includes tion 2004 Annual Meeting, 12-15 July 2004, Dr Richard Bodmer-DICE, Dr Lorgio Verdi- Miami, Florida, USA. e meeting will be held at UNAP, Pablo Puertas-WCS. the James L. Knight International Center in down- town Miami, with the theme of “Geographic and Conceptual Frontiers of Tropical Biology.” e 2005 meeting will be co-sponsored by the University of Miami and Florida International University, along 19th Annual Meeting of the Society for Con- with other members of the Center for Excellence servation Biology, Está previsto para acontecer in Tropical Biology. e deadline for symposium em julho de 2005, na Universidade de Brasília proposals is 15 October 2003. For more infor- (UnB). A Diretoria da Society for Conservation mation as it becomes available, visit the ATBC Biology (SCB) escolheu Brasília como sede do Meetings webpage at or contact the two Program reunião que foi realizada em Duluth, MN, EUA. Directors: eodore H. Fleming, Department of A organização geral estará a cargo do Prof. Miguel Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL Ângelo Marini do Departamento de Zoologia da 33124, USA, Tel.: 305-284-6881, Fax: 305-284- UnB. Participarão da comissão organizadora, 3039, email: , or professores do Departamento de Zoologia da David Lee, Department of Biological Sciences, UnB, membros da diretoria da Seção da América Florida International University, University Park, Austral e Neotropical (ANA) da SCB, e outros Miami, FL 33199, USA, Tel.: 305-348-3111, Fax: pesquisadores principalmente do Brasil e de 305-348-1986, email: . outros países Latino-americanos. A data exata da realização do congresso será definida nos próxi- VI International Conference on Wildlife Man- mos meses. Informações detalhadas do congresso agement in Amazonia and Latin America, 5-10 só estarão disponíveis na Internet em 2004. September, 2004, Iquitos, Peru. Organized by e National University of the Peruvian Amazon Association of Tropical Biology and Conserva- (UNAP), the Durrell Institute of Conservation tion 2005 Annual Meeting, 23-29 July 2005, and Ecology (DICE) and the Wildlife Conser- Uberlândia, Brazil. e venue is the Center vation Society (WCS). e organizers cordially Convention Uberlandia. For more information welcome and invite the participation of a wide write to the Chair of the Organizing Committee, audience including students, professionals, local Kleber del-Claro, Laboratório de Ecologia Com- communities, NGOs, government representatives portamental e Interações, Universidade Federal and the general public. Special emphasis during de Uberlândia, Caixa Postal 593, 38400-902 this conference will be on lessons learnt in wildlife Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil, or email to conservation and management in Amazonia and or . Latin America. Discussions and presentations will look at the advances made for conservation, and 29th International Ethological Conference, 20- the lessons learnt in the design, development, 27 August, 2005. Budapest, Hungary. Hosted by implementation, methods, and management the Hungarian Ethological Society at the Eötvös plans for wildlife in Amazonia and Latin America. University (ELTE) Convention Centre. For more If you are interested in receiving further informa- information, write to IEC2005, Department tion about the conference; submission of abstracts, of Ethology, Eötvös University, 1117 Buda- workshops, and courses; and information on reg- pest, Hungary, or join the e-mail newsletter: istration and hotels, please visit the conference .

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