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--> FAMILY Dasypodidae
--> SUBFAMILY Euphractinae
--> GENUS Euphractus
SPECIES Euphractus sexcinctus
Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 51. | Common Name: | Six-banded Armadillo | Type Locality: | "America meridionale;" restricted to Pará, Brazil, by Thomas (1907b). | Distribution: | S Surinam and adjacent Brazil as a northern isolated segment; E Brazil to Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and N Argentina as the main population. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Reviewed by Wetzel (1985b) and Redford and Wetzel (1985, Mammalian Species, 252). |
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