Range extension of Northern Naked-tailed Armadillo, Cabassous centralis Miller, 1899 (Mammalia, Cingulata, Chlamyphoridae), in Belize

Abstract

Little is known about the Northern Naked-tailed Armadillo, Cabassous centralis (Miller, 1899). Here we present a new record of C. centralis in the Maya Mountain Massif of Belize, from camera-trap surveys covering an area of 200 km2 conducted yearly between 2002 and 2017 in lowland tropical broadleaf evergreen forest, and a dead specimen found adjacent to a highway. The record presented constitutes a range expansion of ca 65 km for C. centralis in Belize. This adds valuable data about a species for which the geographic distribution is poorly known.

First record of Coyote, Canis latrans (Carnivora, Canidae), in the Mayan Mountain region of Belize

“…Camera traps projects have been operating at TREES since 2014, and other camera trap projects have been conducted throughout Belize (Silver et al 2004;Dillon 2005;Harmsen et al 2010;Soriero et al 2018). However, to our knowledge, this is the first published sighting of a C. latrans in this region and the second published sighting of C. latrans in Belize.…”

New records on the distribution and habitat of the northern naked-tailed armadillo, Cabassous centralis (Mammalia, Cingulata, Chlamyphoridae) in Costa Rica

“…In a study covering 7380 trapnights, a single detection of C. centralis was recorded in Chiapas, Mexico (Juárez-López et al 2017), a relative success rate for that species of 0.014%. Similarly, Soriero et al (2018) obtained three photographs (likely of different individuals) over 4003 trap-nights in Belize (0.075%). Both studies recorded frequent photographic occurrences of D. novemcinctus.…”

Ampliación de la distribución del Armadillo Cola de Trapo Transandino Cabassous centralis (Cingulata: Chlamyphoridae), para el Alto Magdalena en Colombia

“…Cabassous centralis (Miller, 1899) es una de las seis especies de armadillos presentes en Colombia, con una distribución estrictamente transandina, y cuyo rango global abarca Centroamérica y parte del norte de Suramérica entre 0 y 3018 m.s.n.m. (Cruz-Rodríguez et al 2011;Solari et al 2013;Tirira et al 2014;Ramírez-Chaves et al 2016;Soriero et al 2018;Aya-Cuero et al 2019;Sánchez-Brenes & Monge 2019;Sánchez-Soto et al 2020). En Colombia se distribuye en las provincias biogeográficas de: Chocó-Magdalena, Cinturón Árido Caribeño, Macizo de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta y en gran parte de la Provincia Norandina (Hernández et al 1992;Alberico et al 2000;Cruz-Rodríguez et al 2011;Tirira et al 2014;Aya-Cuero et al 2019;Chacón-Pacheco et al 2019;Santos et al 2019; Figura 1).…”