Husbandry of a pink fairy armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus): case study of a cryptic and little known species in captivity
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: captive maintenance, cingulata, dasypodidae, fossorial mammals, xenarthra
2011
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