Food habits of four armadillo species in the Cerrado area, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Zoological Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 529-537

  Da Silveira Anacleto, Teresa Cristina ^a  

^a University of Mato Grosso State   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Armadillo; Cerrado; Diet; Scatology; Xenarthra

Indexed keywords

ARMADILLO; CABASSOUS UNICINCTUS; COLEOPTERA; DASYPODIDAE; DASYPUS NOVEMCINCTUS; EDENTATA; EUPHRACTUS SEXCINCTUS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; PRIODONTES MAXIMUS; VERTEBRATA; XENARTHRA;

EID: 71049190490     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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