The giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) is found from Belize and Guatemala to Paraguay and Argentina. Its conservation status is considered vulnerable by IUCN. Here we report the isolation and characterization of six microsatellite loci. Positive loci for (GT)(n) were isolated using a magnetic bead hybridization selection protocol. The number of alleles per locus as well as the heterozygos...

Global biodiversity decline is continuing largely unabated. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List Threatened Species (hereafter, List) provides us with the gold standard assessments, but taxonomic coverage, especially invertebrates and fungi, remains very low. Many players contribute to knowledge base, IUCN partners, IUCN-led assessment projects, Specialist Groups A...

The oceans contain the most biologically diverse ecosystems on earth, yet in comparison to terrestrial systems, our understanding and protection of these habitats and their species is lagging (Hendriks et al., 2006; Richardson and Poloczanska, 2008; Polidoro et al., 2009; McCauley et al., 2015). Given the critical ecosystem services that the oceans provide, such as food security, coastal defens...