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Feb 11, 2020 · In addition to the interviews with the truck drivers, Desbiez’s team monitored a total of 92,364 km (57,392 mi) of highway to document accidents involving giant anteaters and armadillos. Between ...
The giant anteater is a symbolic species of the Cerrado biome. However, there are few scientific studies on this species. The present study was conducted on giant anteaters from the Cerrado biome and presents the main threats to this species. Our findings may contribute to the efforts to conserve giant anteaters.
Sep 9, 2019 · A giant anteater in its natural habitat the Cerrado grasslands, Serra Da Canastra. Hudson Pontes da Silva/cc by-sa 4.0. The wonderfully unique giant anteater is an endangered species that is ...
Aug 16, 2022 · For example, when someone schedules an Anteater Encounter at NFWC, they are helping to support the Anteaters & Highways Project, which works to save giant anteaters in the wild (see www.giantanteater.org). To plan a tour, field trip or animal encounter with Bumi or the other rare and endangered species living at NFWC, visit northfloridawildlife ...
At present, the giant anteater is endangered in many sites of its area of distribution. Indeed, it is extinct locally in different places, in almost all of Central America. The main threats to its survival are the destruction of its habitat, fire and furtive hunting for its skin and meat, even inside protected areas.
Apr 14, 2023 · Born to Bliss (13) and Oso (nine), the pup is the result of an international conservation breeding programme working to protect endangered and at-risk species. Giant anteaters are listed as Vulnerable to Extinction by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on the IUCN Red List, with numbers continuing to decline in the wild.
The road survey work in the Anteaters & Highways project is in its final year. After 27 months, we have reached a total of 71,500km of survey effort and we’ve recorded 8,411 road-kills. These include 1,363 six-banded armadillos, 622 nine-banded armadillos, 558 giant anteaters, 453 Southern tamanduas, 55 Southern naked-tailed armadillos and 6 ...
