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--> GENUS Tolypeutes
SPECIES Tolypeutes tricinctus
Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 56. | Common Name: | Brazilian Three-banded Armadillo | Type Locality: | "In India orientali;" redefined as Pernambuco, Brazil, by Sanborn (1930). | Distribution: | Brazilian states of Bahia, Ceará, Maranhão, Piauí, and Pernambuco; and expected in Goiás (Santos et al., 1994; Olmos, 1995; Oliveira, 1995; Marinho-Filho et al., 1997). | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable; extremely rare (see Silva and Oren, 1993; Santos et al., 1994). | |
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