%0 Journal Article
%T NEOTROPICAL XENARTHRANS: a data set of occurrence of xenarthran species in the Neotropics
%A Adriana Bocchiglieri
%A Adriano Garcia Chiarello
%A Adriano Pereira Paglia
%A Adryelle Moreira
%A Agnis Cristiane de Souza
%A Agustin Manuel Abba
%A Agustin Paviolo
%A Ailin Gatica
%A Akyllan Zoppi Medeiro
%A Alan Nilo Costa
%A Alberto A. Yanosky
%A Alberto Gonzalez Gallina
%A Alej
%A Aless
%A Alex
%A Alex Augusto Abreu Bovo
%A Alex Bager
%A Alexine Keuroghlian
%A Allison L. Devlin
%A Alvaro Garc¨ªa©\Olaechea
%A Amadeo S¨¢nchez
%A Ana Carolina Srbek©\Araujo
%A Ana Cecilia Ochoa
%A Ana Cristina Mendes Oliveira
%A Ana Cristyna Reis Lacerda
%A Ana Kellen Nogueira Campelo
%A Ana Maria de Oliveira Paschoal
%A Ana Ra¨ªssa Cunha Costa
%A Ana Yoko Ykeuti Meiga
%A Anam¨¦lia Souza Jesus
%A Anderson Feij¨®
%A Andreas Kindel
%A Andreia Magro Moraes
%A Andressa Gatti
%A Andrew J. Noss
%A Andrezza Bellotto Nobre
%A Andr¨¦ Hirsch
%A Andr¨¦ Luis Moura Botelho
%A Andr¨¦ Luis Regolin
%A Andr¨¦ Luiz Ferreira da Silva
%A Andr¨¦ Monnerat Lanna
%A Andr¨¦ Valle Nunes
%A Anelise Montanarin
%A Anna Carolina Figueiredo de Albuquerque
%A Anne Karoline de Oliveira
%A Antonio Marcelo Mangione
%A Antonio Rossano Mendes Pontes
%A Ariane Teixeira Bertoldi
%A Arm
%A Arnaud L. J. Desbiez
%A Arthur Fern
%A Atilla Colombo Ferreguetti
%A Barbara Zimbres
%A Beatriz Fern
%A Benoit de Thoisy
%A Bernardo Br
%A Bernardo Papi
%A Bibiana G¨®mez©\Valencia
%A Breno Campelo Lima
%A Bruna Gomes Oliveira
%A Bruna Silva Santos
%A Bruno Augusto Torres Parahyba Campos
%A Bruno Leles
%A Bruno Rodrigo de Albuquerque Fran£¿a
%A Br¨¢ulio A. Santos
%A Burton Lim
%A Caetano Troncoso Oliveira
%A Camila Cantagallo
%A Camila Clozato Lara
%A Camila Silveira Lima
%A Carla Cristina Gestich
%A Carla Danielle de Melo©\Soares
%A Carlos A. Peres
%A Carlos Benhur Kasper
%J Ecology - Wiley Online Library
%D 2019
%R https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2663
%X Xenarthrans¡ªanteaters, sloths, and armadillos¡ªhave essential functions for ecosystem maintenance, such as insect control and nutrient cycling, playing key roles as ecosystem engineers. Because of habitat loss and fragmentation, hunting pressure, and conflicts with domestic dogs, these species have been threatened locally, regionally, or even across their full distribution ranges. The Neotropics harbor 21 species of armadillos, 10 anteaters, and 6 sloths. Our data set includes the families Chlamyphoridae (13), Dasypodidae (7), Myrmecophagidae (3), Bradypodidae (4), and Megalonychidae (2). We have no occurrence data on Dasypus pilosus (Dasypodidae). Regarding Cyclopedidae, until recently, only one species was recognized, but new genetic studies have revealed that the group is represented by seven species. In this data paper, we compiled a total of 42,528 records of 31 species, represented by occurrence and quantitative data, totaling 24,847 unique georeferenced records. The geographic range is from the southern United States, Mexico, and Caribbean countries at the northern portion of the Neotropics, to the austral distribution in Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, and Uruguay. Regarding anteaters, Myrmecophaga tridactyla has the most records (n = 5,941), and Cyclopes sp. have the fewest (n = 240). The armadillo species with the most data is Dasypus novemcinctus (n = 11,588), and the fewest data are recorded for Calyptophractus retusus (n = 33). With regard to sloth species, Bradypus variegatus has the most records (n = 962), and Bradypus pygmaeus has the fewest (n = 12). Our main objective with Neotropical Xenarthrans is to make occurrence and quantitative data available to facilitate more ecological research, particularly if we integrate the xenarthran data with other data sets of Neotropical Series that will become available very soon (i.e., Neotropical Carnivores, Neotropical Invasive Mammals, and Neotropical Hunters and Dogs). Therefore, studies on trophic cascades, hunting pressure, habitat loss, fragmentation effects, species invasion, and climate change effects will be possible with the Neotropical Xenarthrans data set. Please cite this data paper when using its data in publications. We also request that researchers and teachers inform us of how they are using these data.  The complete data set is available as Supporting Information at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.2663/suppinfo.  Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than
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