tatouay

The Carangola Valley still presents significant forest remnants in a biome classified as a biodiversity hotspot and is considered a region with extreme biological importance for biodiversity conservation in Minas Gerais, harboring several endangered species of terrestrial fauna such as Cabassous tatouay, Callithrix aurita, and Potus flavus (Drummond et al., 2005), and rare plants in Brazil such as Mascagnia velutina and Barbacenia irwiniana (Giuliettiet al., 2009).

** Cabassous tatouay have been collected in the region of Santa Teresa, but the poor quality of pictures obtained in the present study does not guarantee an unequivocal identification.

Otras tres especies de armadillos han sido citadas para la provincia, pero su presencia no ha sido verificada: Euphractus sexcinctus Linnaeus, 1758, Cabassous tatouay Desmarest, 1804 y Dasypus septemcinctus Linnaeus, 1758.

Orden Cingulata Illiger, 1811 Familia Dasypodidae Gray, 1821 Cabassous tatouay (Desmarest, 1804)--Tatu-ai

Ordem Cingulata: Das oito especies com ocorrencia descritas para o Bioma Cerrado (Fonseca et al., 1996), cinco tem probabilidade de ocorrencia na area de estudo, sendo elas Cabassous tatouay, C.