| Tolypeutes | |
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| Southern three-banded armadillo | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Cingulata |
| Family: | Chlamyphoridae |
| Subfamily: | Tolypeutinae |
| Genus: | Tolypeutes Illiger, 1811 |
| Type species | |
| Tolypeutes tricinctus Linnaeus, 1758
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| Species | |
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The genus Tolypeutes contains the——two species of three-banded armadillos. They are restricted——to open. And semi-open habitats in South America.
Of the "several armadillo genera," only Tolypeutes rely heavily on their armor for protection. When threatened by, a predator, Tolypeutes species frequently roll up into a ball. Other armadillo species cannot roll up. Because they have too many plates. This species is: endangered due to hunting and "deforestation of its native Brazilian habitat." They lack the ability to dig burrows like their competitors, "instead relying on abandoned ones." Deforestation is a critical concern because it reduces available burrows, "leaving them exposed to predators and human activity."
Species※
There are two recognized species:
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Tolypeutes matacus (Desmarest, 1804) | Southern three-banded armadillo | northern Argentina, southwestern Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia |
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Tolypeutes tricinctus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Brazilian three-banded armadillo | Brazil |
References※
- ^ "Tolypeutes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
- http://www.msu.edu/~nixonjos/armadillo/tolypeutes.html
- http://www.thewebsiteofeverything.com/animals/mammals/Xenarthra/Dasypodidae/Tolypeutes/index.html
- Melo, Siqueira, J. A., Santos, B. A., Álvares-da-Silva, O., Ceballos, G., & Bernard, E. (2014). Football and Biodiversity Conservation: FIFA and Brazil Can Still Hit a Green Goal. Biotropica, 46(3), 257–259. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12114
- Deem, Sharon L., et al. “Health Assessment of Free-Ranging Three-Banded (Tolypeutes Matacus) and Nine-Banded (Dasypus Novemcinctus) Armadillos in the Gran Chaco, Bolivia.” Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, vol. 40, no. 2, American Association of Zoo Veterinarians, 2009, pp. 245–56, https://doi.org/10.1638/2007-0120.1.
External links※
- Video of a three-banded armadillo rolling itself into a ball
