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SPECIES Dasypus pilosus

Author:Fitzinger, 1856.
Citation:Versamml. Deutsch. Nat. Arzte, Wien, Tageblatt, 32: 123.
Common Name:Hairy Long-nosed Armadillo
Type Locality:"Peru;" restricted to montane Perú by Wetzel and Mondolfi (1979).
Distribution:Known only from the Peruvian Andes in the departments of San Martín, La Libertad, Huánuco, and Junín.
Status:IUCN – Vulnerable.
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    hirsutus (Burmeister, 1862)

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