Andean Hairy Armadillo

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iAndean Hairy Armadillo
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cingulata
Family: Dasypodidae
Genus: Chaetophractus
Species: C. nationi
Binomial name
Chaetophractus nationi
(Thomas, 1894)

The Andean Hairy Armadillo (Chaetophractus nationi) is an armadillo present in Bolivia, in the region of the Puna, the departments of Oruro, La Paz, Cochabamba (Gardner, 1993), Nowark (1991) quotes as distribution area Bolivia and the north of Chile, nevertheless, does not exist assertion of populations of this one species in Chile. A recent publication of Pacheco et quotes (1995) to the species in Peru.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Abba, A., Gomez, H. & members of the Edentate Specialist Group (2006). Chaetophractus nationi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2006-11-14]].