Tolypeutes

Taxobox
name = "Tolypeutes"

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image_caption = Southern Three-banded Armadillo
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Cingulata
familia = Dasypodidae
genus = "Tolypeutes"
genus_authority = Illiger, 1811
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =See textThe genus "Tolypeutes" contains the two species of three-banded armadillos. They are restricted to South America, mostly Brazil.

Species

* "Tolypeutes matacus" – Southern Three-banded Armadillo
* "Tolypeutes tricinctus" – Brazilian Three-banded Armadillo

References

*http://www.msu.edu/~nixonjos/armadillo/tolypeutes.html
*http://www.thewebsiteofeverything.com/animals/mammals/Xenarthra/Dasypodidae/Tolypeutes/index.html