Brazilian Three-banded Armadillo

Brazilian Three-banded Armadillo

Taxobox
name = Brazilian Three-banded Armadillo


image_caption = at Edmonton Zoo
status = VU
status_system = iucn3.1
trend = down
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Cingulata
familia = Dasypodidae
genus = "Tolypeutes"
species = "T. tricinctus"
binomial = "Tolypeutes tricinctus"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)

The Brazilian Three-banded Armadillo, "Tolypeutes tricinctus", is an armadillo species endemic to Brazil. It is one of only two species of armadillo (the other is the Southern Three-banded Armadillo) that can roll into a ball. It has suffered a 30% decline in population in the last 10 years.

References

* Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is vulnerable and the criteria used
* [http://www.natureserve.org/infonatura/ Infonatura]
*MSW3 Gardner|pages=99


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