Chacoan Naked-tailed Armadillo

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Chacoan Naked-tailed Armadillo[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cingulata
Family: Dasypodidae
Genus: Cabassous
Species: C. chacoensis
Binomial name
Cabassous chacoensis
Wetzel, 1980

The Chacoan Naked-tailed Armadillo (Cabassous chacoensis) is a species of armadillo in the Dasypodidae family. It is found in Argentina, Paraguay, and possibly Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ 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, 97-98. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ a b Abba, A., Meritt, D., Porini, G. & members of the Edentate Specialist Group (2006). Cabassous chacoensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.
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