First Records of the Southern Naked-Tailed ArmadilloCabassous unicinctus(Cingulata: Dasypodidae) in Paraguay

Additions to the Paraguayan mammal fauna: the first records of two marsupials (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) with comments on the alpha taxonomy of Cryptonanus and Philander

“…However, what is known for most species is little more than preliminary data on habitat preference and activity patterns, with rough approximations to their distributions (D'Elía et al 2008). In addition, the large list of new species records reported in the last decade (de la Sancha et al 2007, D'Elía et al 2008, Percequillo et al 2008, Stevens et al 2010, de la Sancha et al 2011, Smith et al 2011, de la Sancha et al 2012) demonstrates that much is still unknown about Paraguayan mammals. As such, this reiterates the need and importance of continued basic mammalogy work, including field collections, in Paraguay.…”

“…Terminal labels include GenBank accession numbers for those sequences downloaded from GenBank or specimen cataloged number for those sequences presented by us, country of specimen collection, and locality number (see details in Table 3). , Smith et al 2011), these are not found in the subtropical Interior Atlantic Forest of eastern Paraguay or the Humid Chaco. Marmosa constantiae and M. kunsi are also found in forests of lower altitude from the Yungas in northern Argentina (Jayat and Miotti 2005).…”

“…Currently, about 175 species of mammals are known in Paraguay, and in recent years, the understanding of the composition of the small mammal fauna from Paraguay has been improving as distinct species of marsupials, rodents, bats, and armadillo species have been reported for the first time for the country (de la Sancha et al 2007, 2009, D'Elía et al 2008, Gardner 2008, Percequillo et al 2008, Stevens et al 2010, Smith et al 2011. Given the high number of species recently registered in Paraguay, it is not unexpected that revisions of museum collections and new sampling will result in additional new Paraguayan species records.…”

Patterns of small mammal diversity in fragments of subtropical Interior Atlantic Forest in eastern Paraguay

“…Recent field research in PY has produced many new and noteworthy species records for the country (de la Sancha et al 2007, 2009a,b, 2011, D'Elía et al 2008, Percequillo et al 2008, Voss et al 2009, Stevens et al 2010, Smith et al 2011. For most of the species that have been documented for the country, not much beyond preliminary data concerning habitat preference, activity patterns, and their distributions (D'Elía et al 2008).…”

An annotated checklist of the mammals of Paraguay

“…Much of our understanding of the armadillo species present in Paraguay is based on the works of Wetzel (1980Wetzel ( , 1985. Only one study has incorporated molecular data from Paraguayan populations (Frutos and Van Den Bussche 2002), and few investigations have addressed geographic distribution or conservation, a pressing concern given that armadillos are hunted for food (Smith et al 2011;Weiler and Núñez 2012). Ecology, phylogenetics, conservation, and management themes provide valuable research opportunities for this group in Paraguay.…”