Greater Fairy Armadillo

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Greater Fairy Armadillo[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cingulata
Family: Dasypodidae
Subfamily: Euphractinae
Genus: Calyptophractus
Fitzinger, 1871
Species: C. retusus
Binomial name
Calyptophractus retusus
(Burmeister, 1863)

The Greater Fairy Armadillo (Calyptophractus retusus), also known as Burmeister's Armadillo or the Chacoan Fairy Armadillo, is a species of armadillo in the Dasypodidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]

It is the only species in the genus Calyptophractus[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b 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. 
  2. ^ a b Abba, A., Porini, G., Cuellar, E., Meritt, D. & members of the Edentate Specialist Group (2006). Calyptophractus retusus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.
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