Hairy Long-nosed Armadillo

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Hairy Long-nosed Armadillo[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cingulata
Family: Dasypodidae
Genus: Dasypus
Species: D. pilosus
Binomial name
Dasypus pilosus
(Fitzinger, 1856)

The Hairy Long-nosed Armadillo (Dasypus pilosus) is a species of armadillo in the Dasypodidae family. It is endemic to Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. 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, 95. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ a b Meritt, M., Porini, G., Rylands, A. & members of the Edentate Specialist Group (2006). Dasypus pilosus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.
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