Recent range expansion and distributional limits of the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) in the United States

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 635-648

  Taulman, James F ^a   Robbins, Lynn W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

common long nose armadillo; Dasypodidae; Dasypus novemcinctus; Nine banded armadillo; zoogeography

Indexed keywords

DASYPUS NOVEMCINCTUS;

DISPERSAL; NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO; RANGE EXPANSION;

USA;

EID: 0030303320     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.1996.tb00024.x     Document Type: Article

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