Southern naked-tailed armadillo
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| Species: | C. unicinctus
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The southern naked-tailed armadillo (Cabassous unicinctus) is a small species of armadillo from South America.[2] It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.
This species is solitary, nocturnal and terrestrial, living in many habitats from rainforest to grassland. As are many armadillos, it is an insectivore, feeding on ants and termites. It digs burrows with an entrance of about 16 cm diameter; these are used for only one night then abandoned.
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References
Wikispecies has information related to Cabassous unicinctus.
- ^ "Cabassous unicinctus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. IUCN: e.T3415A47437949. 2014. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T3415A47437949.en.
{{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter|authors=(help) - ^ Gardner, A.L. (2005). "Order Cingulata". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Louise H. Emmons and Francois Feer, 1997 - Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, A Field Guide.
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