Southern long-nosed armadillo

Southern long-nosed armadillo
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Cingulata
Family:	Dasypodidae
Subfamily:	Dasypodinae
Genus:	Dasypus
Species:	D. hybridus
Binomial name
Dasypus hybridus (Desmarest, 1804)
Southern long-nosed armadillo range

The southern long-nosed armadillo, Dasypus hybridus, is an armadillo species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. These small mammals are grey, between 25 to 50 centimetres long and weigh between 1,5 and 2 kilograms. They belong to the order Cingulata and have a leathery armour shell with seven bands.

Distribution, habitat and diet

The southern long-nosed armadillo inhabits grasslands in northern Argentina, Uruguay, southern Brasil and Paraguay. This mammal lives in selfmade small burrows. Its diet consists mainly of invertebrates although they may also eat vegetables and scraps.^[2]

References

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• Infonatura
• Gardner, A. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M, eds. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.