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Edentata the Newsletter of the IUCN/SSC Anteater, Sloth and Armadillo Specialist Group Electronic version: ISSN 1852-9208 Print version: ISSN 1413-4411 Edentata The Newsletter of the IUCN/SSC Anteater, Sloth and Armadillo Specialist Group December 2012 • Number 13 IUCN/SSC Anteater, Sloth & Armadillo Specialist Group Edentata The Newsletter of the IUCN/SSC Anteater, Sloth and Armadillo Specialist Group ISSN 1413-4411 (print version) ISSN 1852-9208 (electronic version) http://www.xenarthrans.org Editors: Mariella Superina, IMBECU, CCT CONICET Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina. Nadia de Moraes-Barros, LABEC, Departamento de Genética e Biologia Evolutiva -IB-USP, São Paulo, Brazil. Agustín M. Abba, División Zoología Vertebrados, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, UNLP, La Plata, Argentina. IUCN/SSC Anteater, Sloth and Armadillo Specialist Group Chair Mariella Superina IUCN/SSC Anteater, Sloth and Armadillo Specialist Group Deputy Chair Flávia Miranda Layout Kim Meek, Washington, DC, e-mail <[email protected]> The editors wish to thank all reviewers for their collaboration. Front Cover Photo Tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla). Artwork by: Luis Gerardo Pagano, Técnico de la División Zoología Vertebrados, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina. Please direct all submissions and other editorial correspondence to Mariella Superina, IMBECU – CCT CONICET Mendoza, Casilla de Correos 855, Mendoza (5500), Argentina. Tel. +54-261-5244160, Fax +54-261-5244001, E-mail: <[email protected]>. IUCN/SSC Anteater, Sloth and Armadillo Specialist Group logo courtesy of Stephen D. Nash, 2009. This issue of Edentata was generously supported by the San Antonio Zoological Society. Edentata 13 (2012) Electronic version: ISSN 1852-9208 Print version: ISSN 1413-4411 http://www.xenarthrans.org Table of Contents Letter from the Editors ................................................................................................................................. iii IUCN/SSC Anteater, Sloth and Armadillo Specialist Group Members 2009–2012 ..................................... iv Articles Registros de hormigas y termitas presentes en la dieta de osos hormigueros (Mammalia: Myrmecophagidae) en tres localidades de Colombia ..............................................................1 Vivian E. Sandoval-Gómez, Héctor E. Ramírez-Chaves y David Marín Perception and popular reports about giant anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758) by two Brazilian traditional communities ...................................................................................................10 Alessandra Bertassoni Assessing the assessment, the relevance of the 2006 Paraguayan mammal Red List to the reality of Xenarthra conservation in 2012 ...................................................................................................18 Paul Smith Xenarthrans in French Guiana: a brief overview of their distribution and conservation status ............ 29 François Catzeflis and Benoit de Thoisy Ethogram of the giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) in captivity: an experience in the Temaikèn Foundation ............................................................................................................................ 38 Tamara Leticia Schmidt Cinco años de radiomarcaje de osos hormigueros (Myrmecophaga tridactyla): mejoras implementadas y lecciones aprendidas ....................................................................................... 49 Yamil E. Di Blanco, Ignacio Jiménez Pérez, Pablo Díaz y Karina Spørring Short Communications Use of boat surveys to provide complementary data on the ecology of Bradypus tridactylus (Pilosa: Bradypodidae) from northern Amazonia ...................................................................................... 56 Juliana Laufer, Joyce A. Amador, Paula C. Conceição, Darren Norris and Fernanda Michalski Field metabolic rate, water flux and food consumption by free-living silky anteaters (Cyclopes didactylus) in Panama ....................................................................................................................61 Kenneth A. Nagy and G. Gene Montgomery Size and orientation of giant armadillo burrow entrances (Priodontes maximus) in western Formosa province, Argentina ....................................................................................................... 66 Natalia Ceresoli and Eduardo Fernandez-Duque Nuevo registro del cabasú chaqueño, Cabassous chacoensis Wetzel, 1980 para la Provincia de Córdoba, Argentina ................................................................................................................ 69 Daniela María Tamburini y Cecilia Verónica Briguera New records of giant armadillo Priodontes maximus (Cingulata: Dasypodidae) at Serra do Amolar, Pantanal of Brazil .............................................................................................................72 Grasiela Edith de Oliveira Porfirio, Pedro Sarmento, Nilson Lino Xavier Filho, tephanieS Paula da Silva Leal, Viviane Fonseca Moreira, Fernanda Almeida Rabelo, Joana Cruz and Carlos Fonseca Table of Contents i The charismatic giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla): a famous John Doe? .................................. 76 Milena F. Diniz and Daniel Brito Notes on food habits of armadillos (Cingulata, Dasypodidae) and anteaters (Pilosa, Myrmecophagidae) at Serra da Capivara National Park (Piauí State, Brazil) .......................................... 84 Vanderson Corrêa Vaz, Ricardo Tadeu Santori, Ana Maria Jansen, Ana Cláudia Delciellos and Paulo Sérgio D’Andrea Taller “Conservación de xenartros: nuevos proyectos, perspectivas y prioridades en América Latina” ....................................................................................................................................... 90 News .............................................................................................................................................................. 95 Notes to Contributors / Pautas para los Colaboradores / Instruç�es aos Colaboradores ....................... 97 ii Edentata 13 (2012) Edentata 13 (2012) Electronic version: ISSN 1852-9208 Print version: ISSN 1413-4411 http://www.xenarthrans.org Letter from the Editors Welcome to another issue of our Newsletter! In Edentata 13 you will find five articles and seven short communications on a wide range of topics related to Xenarthra conservation. Among many other relevant topics, this issue includes a very interesting review of the distribution and conservation status of xenarthrans in French Guiana, suggestions for the next national Red List assessment of xenarthrans in Paraguay, and an analysis of the existing literature on Myrmecophaga tridactyla. The latter article highlights the low number of existing publications on this charismatic species and, especially, on its conservation. We are proud to see that one-fourth of all articles on giant anteaters that were analyzed for this study have been published in our Newsletter Edentata and hope there will be many more! This issue also includes a summary of the workshop on Xenarthra conservation that took place during the II Latin American Mammalogy Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina. We aim at organizing additional work- shops and symposia at other congresses to continue promoting Xenarthra research and conservation and will keep you informed about upcoming events through our website and facebook page. Please also remember to regularly check our website and our facebook page so that you don’t miss any future Articles in Press! We are very happy that Nadia Moraes-Barros joined our editorial team and has brought in her expertise on sloths to further improve the quality of our Newsletter. Nadia has replaced our former co-editor Flávia Miranda, who is now focusing her energy on other projects of our Specialist Group, such as coordinating the research and conservation projects about Tolypeutes tricinctus, the Mascot of the 2014 FIFA World Cup (see News section). Many thanks to Flávia for her excellent job as co-editor over the past few years! We would also like to extend warm thanks to all anonymous reviewers who have helped improving the quality of our Newsletter, as well as the San Antonio Zoological Society for the generous financial support! Mariella Superina Nadia Moraes-Barros Agustín M. Abba Editor in Chief Editor Editor Letter from the Editors iii Edentata 13 (2012) Electronic version: ISSN 1852-9208 Print version: ISSN 1413-4411 http://www.xenarthrans.org IUCN/SSC Anteater, Sloth and Armadillo Specialist Group Members 2009–2012 Chair Mariella Superina, Dr.med.vet., Ph.D. in Conservation Biology Editor in Chief, Edentata Assistant researcher CONICET IMBECU – CCT CONICET Mendoza Casilla de Correos 855 Mendoza (5500) Argentina E-mail: <[email protected]> Deputy Chair Flávia Miranda, M.Sc. Ecology Ph.D. Student in Applied Ecology, University of São Paulo Projeto Tamanduá / Anteater Project Rua Vergueiro 3432, apt. 171 Vila Mariana São Paulo, SP 07600-000 Brazil E-mail: <[email protected]> Website: <www.tamandua.org> Red List Authority Agustín M. Abba, Doctor in Natural Science Assistant Researcher CONICET División Zoología Vertebrados Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, UNLP Paseo del Bosque s/n La Plata (1900) Argentina E-mail: <[email protected]> Members John Aguiar, USA Roberto Aguilar, USA Teresa Cristina Anacleto de Silveira, Brazil Adriano Chiarello, Brazil Erika Cuéllar, Bolivia Gustavo A.B. da Fonseca, USA Frédéric Delsuc, France John Gramieri, USA Jim Loughry, USA Colleen McDonough, USA Ísis Meri
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