Greater Fairy Armadillo

Taxobox
name = Greater Fairy ArmadilloMSW3 Gardner | pages = 95]
status = NT
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006 | assessors = Abba, A., Porini, G., Cuellar, E., Meritt, D. & members of the Edentate Specialist Group | year = 2006 | id = 4703 | title = Calyptophractus retusus | downloaded = 2007-07-29]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Cingulata
familia = Dasypodidae
subfamilia = Euphractinae
genus = "Calyptophractus"
genus_authority = Fitzinger, 1871
species = "C. retusus"
binomial = "Calyptophractus retusus"
binomial_authority = (Burmeister, 1863)

The Greater Fairy Armadillo ("Calyptophractus retusus"), also known as Burmeister's Armadillo or the Chacoan Fairy Armadillo, is a species of armadillo in the Dasypodidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

It is the only species in the genus "Calyptophractus"

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