Seven-banded Armadillo

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Seven-banded armadillo
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cingulata
Family: Dasypodidae
Subfamily: Dasypodinae
Genus: Dasypus
Species: D. septemcinctus
Binomial name
Dasypus septemcinctus
Linnaeus, 1758

Seven-banded Long-nosed Armadillo or just Seven-banded Armadillo, Dasypus septemcinctus, is a species of armadillo from South America. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia and Brazil. It's a solitary nocturnal and terrestrial animal, living, basically, in dry habitats, outside of rainforest regions.

[edit] References

  • Edentate Specialist Group (2006). Dasypus septemcinctus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
  • Louise H. Emmons and Francois Feer, 1997 - Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, A Field Guide.
  • Gardner, Alfred (November 16, 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 95. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
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