[Taxacom] the endangered Giant Armadillo

[Kenneth Kinman]

Hi All,
      Tonight I was watching a NOVA program about the Giant Armadillo, a keystone species which is declining and vulnerable to extinction (due to hunting and habitat loss).   Unfortunately, keeping them alive in captivity (much less breeding them) is very difficult, which makes it an even more vulnerable species.  And as a keystone species, its decline affects many other species.   There is a fairly comprehensive account of this species online here ( https://academic.oup.com/mspecies/article/48/932/21/2583986 ), and a weblink to the PBS NOVA special is given below.
                       ----------------Ken Kinman

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/hotel-armadillo-full-episode/15229/
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Hotel Armadillo | Full Episode | Nature | PBS<https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/hotel-armadillo-full-episode/15229/>
Brazil’s remote Pantanal, covering more than 80,000 square miles, is the largest tropical wetland in the world. It is chiefly made up of flooded grassland with patches of dry savannah or forest ...
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