DeCS

Descriptor English:

Armadillos

Descriptor Spanish:

Armadillos

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	armadillos
Scope note:	Mamíferos excavadores, principalmente nocturnos, de la familia Dasypodidae, con cuerpos y cabezas recubiertos de pequeñas placas óseas. Se hallan ampliamente distribuidas en las partes más cálidas de las Américas.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Tatus

Descriptor French:

Tatous

Tree number(s):

B01.050.150.900.649.313.999.200

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001135

Scope note:

Burrowing, chiefly nocturnal mammals of the family Dasypodidae having bodies and heads encased in small bony plates. They are widely distributed in the warmer parts of the Americas.

Allowable Qualifiers:

AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BL sang
CF liquide cérébrospinal
CL classification
EM embryologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PH physiologie
PS parasitologie
PX psychologie
SU chirurgie
UR urine
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

1139

Unique ID:

D001135

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1991/01/01

Date of Entry:

1974/11/19

Revision Date:

2009/07/06