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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CINGULATA
--> FAMILY Dasypodidae
--> SUBFAMILY Tolypeutinae
--> GENUS Priodontes
SPECIES Priodontes maximus
| Author: | Kerr, 1792. | | Citation: | In Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom: 112. | | Common Name: | Giant Armadillo | | Type Locality: | French Guiana, "Cayenne." | | Distribution: | South America east of the Andes from N Venezuela and the Guianas south to Bolivia, Paraguay, and N Argentina. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Endangered. | |
| Offspring: | Synonyms:
giganteus (G. Fischer, 1814)
gigas (G. Cuvier, 1817)
grandis (Olfers, 1818)
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