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SPECIES Tolypeutes matacus

Author:Desmarest, 1804.
Citation:Tabl. Meth. Hist. Nat., in Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., 24: 28.
Common Name:Southern Three-banded Armadillo
Type Locality:No locality mentioned; restricted to Argentina, Tucumán, Tucumán, by Sanborn (1930).
Distribution:E Bolivia and SW Brazil south through the Gran Chaco of Paraguay to Argentina (Buenos Aires).
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).
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Synonyms:

    apar (Desmarest, 1822)
    bicinctus (Grandidier and Neveu-Lemaire, 1905)
    brachyurus (G. Fischer, 1814)
    conurus I. Geoffroy, 1847
    muriei Garrod, 1878
    octodecimcinctus (Molina, 1782)
    aparoides Gervais, 1869

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