Armadillos are among the most common mammals in agroecosystems in Argentina. Their
insec-tivorous/omnivorous food habits raise the question about their putative role as pest …

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the state of knowledge about the helminthology
of wild mammals in Argentine Patagonia and its link with the conservation of parasite …

Using available reports, a checklist of the recorded helminth parasites of wild mammals from
Patagonia was generated. Records of parasites found in Patagonia were included, together …

Dasypus hybridus is commonly known as the southern long-nosed armadillo. Like all
armadillos, it bears a carapace of ossified dermal scutes covered by epidermal scales. This …

Cabassous unicinctus (southern naked-tailed armadillo) is a nocturnal, solitary, fossorial
myrmecophage that ranges east of the Andes across the central lowlands of South America …

Pterygodermatites is a cosmopolitan genus of nematodes from mammals, and it is frequently
encountered in the parasite fauna of armadillos (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata). In this …

A new species of nematode parasite of the genus Delicata (Molineidae: Anoplostrongylinae)
is described from the small intestine of a road-killed Greater Naked-tailed Armadillo …

The similarity between parasites communities' decay with distance and its analysis may
explain important ecological process such host dispersion. Patagonia is inhabited by two …

Moennigia celinae n. sp. collected from the small intestine of Chaetophractus vellerosus and
Chaetophractus villosus (Xenarthra, Dasypodidae) from Argentina is herein described. This …

Chaetophractus villosus and Dasypus hybridus are the most widespread and abundant
armadillos inhabiting the Pampas grasslands. Studies on the parasitic fauna from an …