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TATOU [3 records]

Record 1 2024-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A mammal of the family Chlamyphoridae.

Key term(s)
  • Brazilian three banded armadillo
  • three banded armadillo

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Mammifère de la famille des Chlamyphoridae.

OBS

tatou à trois bandes : nom vernaculaire désignant aussi l'espèce Tolypeutes matacus.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
  • The Skin
DEF

Suspension of killed M. leprae prepared from heavily infected human or armadillo tissue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
  • Appareil cutané
DEF

Suspension de léprome, petit nodule cutané caractéristique de la lèpre, préparée à partir des tissus de tatou ou d’homme massivement infectés.

Spanish

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Record 3 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
DEF

A small armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) having nine movable bands or scutes and ranging from Texas to Paraguay.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
OBS

Tatou ou tatouay : nom vulgaire des représentants de la famille des Dasypodidés [...] Cette famille comprend de nombreuses espèces dont : Dasypus novemcinctus ou tatou à neuf bandes(Amérique centrale, Mexique, Texas).

Spanish

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