Great long-nosed armadillo

Greater Long-nosed Armadillo
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Cingulata
Family:	Dasypodidae
Subfamily:	Dasypodinae
Genus:	Dasypus
Species:	D. kappleri
Binomial name
Dasypus kappleri Krauss, 1862
Greater Long-nosed Armadillo range

The Great Long-nosed Armadillo, Dasypus kappleri, is a species of armadillo from South America. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. It's a solitary nocturnal and terrestrial animal, living, usually, in the vicinity of streams and swamps. It feeds on arthropods and other invertebrates.

The Great Long-nosed Armadillo has spurs on the hindlegs that allow them to crawl on their knees into narrow tunnels. When threatened they can release a disagreeable musky odor.

Subspecies

• Dasypus kappleri kappleri Krauss, 1862
• Dasypus kappleri pastasae Thomas, 1901

References

1. ^ Anacleto, T., Cuellar, E. & Members of the IUCN SSC Edentate Specialist Group (2008). Dasypus kappleri. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 December 2008.

• Louise H. Emmons and Francois Feer, 1997 - Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, A Field Guide.
• Gardner, Alfred (16 November 2005). Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 94. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3. 

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