Yepes's mulita

Yepes's mulita
Yepes's mulita[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cingulata
Family: Dasypodidae
Genus: Dasypus
Species: D. yepesi
Binomial name
Dasypus yepesi
Vizcaíno, 1995
Yepes's mulita range

Yepes's mulita (Dasypus yepesi) is a species of armadillo in the family Dasypodidae. It is endemic to Argentina. Its natural habitat is subtropical dry forests.[2]

References

  1. ^ 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. 95. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3. 
  2. ^ a b Vizcaino, S. & Members of the IUCN SSC Edentate Specialist Group (2008). Dasypus yepesi. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 December 2008.