Brazilian Three-banded Armadillo

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Brazilian Three-banded Armadillo
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cingulata
Family: Dasypodidae
Genus: Tolypeutes
Species: T. tricinctus
Binomial name
Tolypeutes tricinctus
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The Brazilian Three-banded Armadillo, Tolypeutes tricinctus, is an armadillo species endemic to Brazil. It is one of only two species of armadillo that can roll into a ball. It has suffered a 30% decline in population in the last 10 years.

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