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At the Alma Guaran\u00ed Reserve (AGR), long\u2010term exclusion of fire, grazing, and hunting, combined with native tree planting, has restored forest structure. We document the first indication of potential return by the giant anteater (\n                      <jats:italic>Myrmecophaga tridactyla<\/jats:italic>\n                      ) after nearly four decades without confirmed records.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We evaluated the role of restoration practices in recovering habitat for large mammals, documented the occurrence and activity of\n                      <jats:italic>M. tridactyla<\/jats:italic>\n                      via camera\u2010traps, and discussed the implications for future restoration and connectivity in the Argentine Humid Chaco.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Passive and active restoration began in 2021. Wildlife was monitored using 20 camera\u2010trap stations across three habitat zones from November 2024 to October 2025.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Restoration promoted significant vegetation recovery and microhabitat heterogeneity. Camera trapping documented the first record of\n                      <jats:italic>M. tridactyla<\/jats:italic>\n                      in the area, occurring in the central sector within an area under passive restoration.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The occurrence of\n                      <jats:italic>M. tridactyla<\/jats:italic>\n                      in northwestern Corrientes highlights the species' dispersal capacity and the role of integrated restoration in landscape connectivity. Findings suggest that long\u2010term disturbance exclusion, combined with structural enhancement, facilitates the movement of large mammals through productive matrices. These restored areas provide critical stepping stones for the recovery of threatened megafauna in the Argentine Humid Chaco.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/rec.70415","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,6]],"date-time":"2026-05-06T07:53:51Z","timestamp":1778054031000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Integrating restoration techniques and wildlife monitoring: first record of the giant anteater (\n                    <i>Myrmecophaga tridactyla<\/i>\n                    ) in the Alma Guaran\u00ed Reserve, Argentine Humid Chaco"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"34","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8269-6723","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ver\u00f3nica L.","family":"Romero","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Grupo de Biodiversidad de Mam\u00edferos en matrices productivas (BioMa) y Grupo de Geograf\u00eda F\u00edsica Centro de Ecolog\u00eda Aplicada del Litoral (CECOAL), CONICET, UNNE  Corrientes Argentina"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5089-0978","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rosario","family":"Montiel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Grupo de Restauraci\u00f3n Ecol\u00f3gica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales y Agrimensura Universidad Nacional del Nordeste  Corrientes Argentina"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Antonio C.","family":"C\u00e1ceres","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Grupo de Biodiversidad de Mam\u00edferos en matrices productivas (BioMa) y Grupo de Geograf\u00eda F\u00edsica Centro de Ecolog\u00eda Aplicada del Litoral (CECOAL), CONICET, UNNE  Corrientes Argentina"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0266-0913","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Daniel","family":"Barasoain","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Paleobiolog\u00eda y Paleoecolog\u00eda Instituto Argentino de Nivolog\u00eda, Glaciolog\u00eda y Ciencias Ambientales (IANIGLA), CONICET, UNCUYO  Mendoza Argentina"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9358-0216","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sebasti\u00e1n","family":"Cirignoli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Parque Nacional Iber\u00e1 Administraci\u00f3n de Parques Nacionales  Mercedes Corrientes Argentina"},{"name":"Departamento Yerba Buena Fundaci\u00f3n Proyungas  Tucum\u00e1n Argentina"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_6_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2305\/IUCN.CH.2021.Edentata-22-1.4.en"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.biocon.2019.108274"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_4_1","first-page":"5","article-title":"Diversity of mammals and birds recorded with camera\u2010traps in the Paraguayan humid Chaco","volume":"24","author":"Caballero Gini A","year":"2020","journal-title":"Bolet\u00edn del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural del Paraguay"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s10745-020-00178-w"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_6_1","unstructured":"Chaparro Fari\u00f1aS(2018)Comparaci\u00f3n de la abundancia y distribuci\u00f3n espacial de mam\u00edferos en diferentes ecosistemas del Chaco H\u00famedo. 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