ʻO ka moku kaua kolu ʻekolu hema (Tolypeutes matacus) no ka hoʻokaʻawale kaua.
ʻO ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana o ka moku kaua ʻekolu laina
Noho ka moku kaua kolu hema ma ʻAmelika Hema: ma ka ʻākau a me ke kikowaena o ʻAtenitina, Hikina a me Bolivia Waena a me nā ʻāpana o Brazil a me Paraguay. Hele ka wahi mai ka Hikina Bolivia a me ke komohana hema o Brazil, ma o ka Gran Chaco o Paraguay, Argentina (panalāʻau o San Luis).
ʻO nā wahi noho o ka moku kaua kolu ʻaoʻao hema
ʻO ka armadillo hema ʻekolu ʻaoʻao i loaʻa i ka mauʻu a i ʻole nā wahi kai e kokoke ana i nā ululāʻau maloʻo a i ʻole nā savannas. I ke kūkulu hema, loaʻa kēia ʻano ma nā wahi maloʻo loa o ka Gran Chaco. Mai ka ʻilikai e hoʻonui ʻia i kahi kiʻekiʻe o 800 mika (Argentina).
ʻO nā hōʻailona kūwaho o ka moku kaua kolu ʻaoʻao hema
ʻO ke kaua kolu o ka ʻaoʻao hema ka lōʻihi o ke kino ma kahi o 300 mm, kahi huelo - 64 mm. Kaona: 1.4 - 1.6 kg. Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā pale kaua e uhi ai i ke kino i ʻelua pūpū koa, me ʻekolu mau kapa kila i waena o lākou, i hoʻopili ʻia e nā ʻili maʻalahi o ka ʻili. ʻAe kēia mau pale i ke kino e kūlou i waenakonu a lawe i ke kinona o ke kinipōpō, no laila hiki i ka moku kaua ʻekolu laina ke wili i loko o kahi pōpō i ka makaʻu. ʻO kaʻeleʻele o ka integument ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele, uhi ʻia nā kaha kila me ka iwi mānoanoa, ʻili, i maʻa mau ʻia i ʻekolu mau kaha. Uhi kēia pale i ka huelo, ke poʻo, nā wāwae a me ke kua o ka holoholona. Mānoanoa loa ka huelo a neʻe ʻole. ʻO kahi hiʻohiʻona hiʻohiʻona o ka hema hema-ʻelima armadillo: hoʻopili i waena o nā manamana wāwae ʻekolu ma nā wāwae hope me kahi māiʻuʻu mānoanoa, e like me ka mākia. Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā manamana wāwae o mua, he 4 o lākou.
ʻO ka hana hou ʻana o ka moku kaua ʻekolu laina
Hānau ʻia nā armadillos ʻekolu laina hema mai ʻOkakopa a Ianuali. Hāpai ka wahine i nā keiki no 120 mau lā, hoʻokahi wale nō cub i ʻike ʻia. Hānau makapō ʻia ʻo ia, akā ulu koke ʻo ia. Mālama ka wahine i nā keiki he 10 mau pule. A laila kūʻokoʻa ka moku kaua ʻōpio a loaʻa i kāna lua iho me nā paukū a i ʻole hūnā i nā mea ulu nunui. I ka makahiki 9 - 12, hiki iā ia ke hoʻohua. ʻAʻole i ʻike ʻia ke ola o nā armadillos ʻekolu laina ākea i ke kūlohelohe. Noho lākou i ka noho pio ʻana ma mua o 17 mau makahiki.
ʻO ka lawena o ka moku kaua kolu ʻaoʻao hema
ʻO nā armadillos ʻekolu laina hema he poʻe paʻa lima. He mana kūikawā ko lākou e ʻōwili ai i pōpō, pale i ka hoʻouka kaua. Akā koe nō kahi wahi liʻiliʻi ma waena o nā pā, kahi e hiki ai i ka moku kaua ke hōʻeha i ka predator. Ke hoʻokomo ka predator i kāna paw a i ʻole ihu i loko o kēia āpau i ka carapace i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e kiʻi i nā ʻāpana palupalu o ke kino, pani koke ka armadillo i ka hakahaka, a hōʻeha ʻia ka ʻenemi. He mea maikaʻi loa kēia pale pale i ka mālama ʻana i ka ea i ke ana wela kūpono a pēlā e mālama ai i ka pohō o ka wela. ʻO nā armadillos ʻekolu laina hema he mau holoholona mehameha wale nō, akā i kekahi manawa ʻākoakoa lākou i nā hui liʻiliʻi. ʻAʻole lākou e ʻeli i kā lākou lua, akā hoʻohana i nā lua anteater i haʻalele ʻia a hana paha i kā lākou mau lua ma lalo o nā lau nahele nui. ʻO ka armadillos ʻaoʻao ʻekolu o ka hema i kahi ala hoihoi o ka locomotion - e hele wāwae ana ma nā wāwae o ka wēlau i ka wēlau o kā lākou mau wāwae, me ka pili ʻole i ka honua. Ke hoʻoweliweli ʻia i ke ola, hiki i nā holoholona ke holo wikiwiki e hōʻalo i ka makaʻu. A, wili ʻia kahi armadillo i poepoe, kahi mea maʻalahi no ke kanaka, hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe me ka lima.
E hanai ana i ka moku kaua kolu o ka hema
ʻO ka hema hema-ʻelima armadillo he papaʻai ākea e pili pū ana me nā ʻano invertebrates (beetle larvae), a me kahi nui o nā ake a me nā kauā i ke kau maloʻo, nā hua a me nā hua. I ka ʻimi ʻana i nā naonao a me nā anaina, ʻimi ka armadillo i ka honua me ka waha, e prying ana i ka ʻili o nā kumulāʻau a e wāwahi nei i nā pūnana me nā ʻūlū ikaika me nā māiʻuʻu.
ʻO ke kūlana mālama o ka moku kaua ʻekolu laina
ʻO nā armadillos ʻekolu laina hema i ko lākou wahi noho ka nui o 1.9 mau kānaka ma kēlā me kēia km2. Ke emi nei ka helu o nā kānaka, ma muli o ka ʻimi loa ʻana a me ka nalo ʻana o nā wahi noho. ʻO ka hoʻoweliweli nui mai nā kānaka e luku nei i nā holoholona no kaʻiʻo. Lawe ʻia nā armadillos ʻekolu laina hema i nā zoo a me nā mākeke holoholona, no laila i ka wā o ka halihali aia kahi helu make kiʻekiʻe ma waena o nā kānaka. ʻO ka hopena, ke ʻike nei kēia ʻano i ka heleleʻi nui o nā helu a ʻaneʻane hoʻoweliweli ʻia ma ka IUCN Red List. Aia nā moku kaua ʻekolu laina o ka hema ma nā wahi i pale ʻia i hāʻawi ʻia ka palekana mai ka luku ʻana i nā wahi. Eia kekahi, mālama ʻia nā heluna kanaka o kēia ʻano ma ʻAmelike ʻĀkau.
