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Table 4 Vertebral information and congenital abnormalities in investigated mammalian specimens: Dasypodidae (Armadillos)

From: Breaking evolutionary and pleiotropic constraints in mammals: On sloths, manatees and homeotic mutations

Dasypodidae (Armadillos)

Collection

Species

Collection No.

Sex

Vertebral formula

Presacral No.

Rud. ribs on vertebrae

Skeletal and fibrous abnormalities

  

RMNH.MAM.11373 **)

F

7C 10T 5L 9S 19+Cg

22

-

-

  

RMNH.MAM.20966

M

7C 11T 5L 9S 2+Cg

23

-

-

  

RMNH.MAM.20968

F

7C 10T 6L 9S 2+Cg

23

-

-

  

RMNH.MAM.20969

M

7C 11T 5L 8S 21Cg

23

-

-

 

Dasypus novemcinctus

RMNH.MAM.21029

n.a.

7C 11T 5L 9S 20+Cg

23

-

-

  

RMNH.MAM.21030

n.a.

7C 11T 5L 8S 1S/Cg 23Cg

23

-

-

  

RMNH.MAM.21031

n.a.

7C 11T 5L 9S 21Cg

23

-

-

  

ZMA.314

n.a.

7C 11T 5L 1L/S 8S 14+Cg

23.5

-

-

  

ZMA.313

n.a.

7C 10T 5L 8S 1S/Cg 21Cg

22

-

-

  

RMNH.MAM.4159 **)

M

7C 11T 3L 8S 18+Cg

21

-

-

  

RMNH.MAM.2249

F

7C 11T 3L 8S 25Cg

21

-

-

  

RMNH.MAM.21036

n.a.

7C 11T 3L 8S 17+Cg

21

-

-

  

RMNH.MAM.20527

M

7C 11T 3L 8S 21+Cg

21

-

-

NCBN

 

RMNH.MAM.20528

M

7C 11T 3L 8S 19+Cg

21

-

-

 

Euphractus sexcinctus

RMNH.MAM.21037 **)

M

7C 11T 3L 8S 17+Cg

21

-

-

  

U. Nat. Coll. **)

F

7C 11T 3L 8S 17+Cg

21

-

-

  

U. Nat. Coll. **)

F

7C 11T 3L 8S 18+Cg

21

-

-

  

ZMA.325

n.a.

7C 11T 3L 8S 8+Cg

21

-

-

  

ZMA.7314

n.a.

7C 11T 3L 1L/S 7S 1S/Cg 14+Cg

21.5

-

-

  

ZMA.326

n.a.

7C 11T 3L 9S 12+Cg

21

-

-

  

ZMA.324

n.a.

7C 11T 4L 8S 15+Cg

22

-

-

 

Dasypus kappleri

RMNH.MAM.20965

n.a.

7C 9T 5L 8S 18+Cg

21

-

-

 

Chaetophractus vellerosus

RMNH.MAM.21038 **)

F

7C 11T 3L 8S 15+Cg

21

-

-

 

Chaetophractus villosus

RMNH.MAM.2533

M

7C 11T 1T/L 2L 1L/S 7S 1+6Cg

21.5

V19

-

  

RMNH.MAM.21039

n.a.

7C 13T 1T/L 3L 1L/S 10S 16+Cg

24.5

V21

-

 

Cabassous unicinctus

RMNH.MAM.21040

M

7C 12T 3L 9S 19Cg

22

-

-

 

Priodontes maximus

ZMA.323

n.a.

7C 11T 4L 12S 21Cg

22

-

-

  1. *) Skeleton largely absent
  2. **) Died in captivity
  3. Abbreviations: n.a. - not available, C -Cervical, T - Thoracic, L-Lumbar, S - Sacral, Cg - Coccygeal, Cd - Caudal (post thoracic), V - Vertebra, rud. - rudimentary, NCBN - NCB Naturalis, RMCA - Royal Museum for Central Africa Tervuren, RBINC - Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Brussels, NHM - Natural History Museum London
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