Southern Naked-tailed Armadillo

Taxobox
name = Southern Naked-tailed Armadillo
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
trend = unknown
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Xenarthra
familia = Dasypodidae
genus = "Cabassous"
species = "C. unicinctus"
binomial = "Cabassous unicinctus"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)

The Southern Naked-tailed Armadillo, "Cabassous unicinctus", is a small species of armadillo from South America. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.

It is a solitary nocturnal and terrestrial animal, living in many habitats from rainforest to grassland. As are many armadillos, it is an insectivore, feeding on ants and termites. It digs burrows with an entrance of about 16 cm diameter; these are used for only one night then abandoned.

Subspecies

*"Cabassous unicinctus squamicaudis" Lund, 1845
*"Cabassous unicinctus unicinctus" Linnaeus, 1758

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
*Louise H. Emmons and Francois Feer, 1997 - Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, A Field Guide.
*MSW3 Gardner|pages=98