- Llanos Long-nosed Armadillo
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Llanos Long-nosed Armadillo Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Cingulata Family: Dasypodidae Genus: Dasypus Species: D. sabanicola Binomial name Dasypus sabanicola
Mondolfi, 1968
Llanos Long-nosed Armadillo range The Llanos Long-nosed Armadillo (Dasypus sabanicola) is a species of armadillo in the Dasypodidae family. It is endemic to Colombia and Venezuela. The species is very closely related to the Nine-banded Armadillo and the Greater Long-nosed Armadillo. It has very little hair and can weigh up to 22 pounds (9.5 kg), and can get about 2.1 feet (60 cm) long. It lives in dense cover and near limestone formations. Like most other armadillos, they eat ants.[2]
References
- ^ IUCN SSC Edentate Specialist Group (2008). Dasypus sabanicola. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 December 2008.
- ^ Armadillo Online!. "Genus Dasypus". http://www.msu.edu/~nixonjos/armadillo/dasypus.html. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
Extant Cingulata (Armadillos) species by subfamily Dasypodinae Southern Long-nosed Armadillo (D. hybridus) · Greater Long-nosed Armadillo (D. kappleri) · Nine-banded Armadillo (D. novemcinctus) · Hairy Long-nosed Armadillo (D. pilosus) · Llanos Long-nosed Armadillo (D. sabanicola) · Seven-banded Armadillo (D. septemcinctus) · Yepes's Mulita (Dasypus yepesi)Euphractinae Tolypeutinae Category
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