Tolypeutes
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| Tolypeutes | |
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| Southern Three-banded Armadillo | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Cingulata |
| Family: | Dasypodidae |
| Genus: | Tolypeutes Illiger, 1811 |
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The genus Tolypeutes contains the two species of three-banded armadillos. They are restricted to South America, mostly Brazil.
[edit] Species
There are two recognized species:[1]
- Tolypeutes matacus (Desmarest, 1804) – Southern Three-banded Armadillo
- Tolypeutes tricinctus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Brazilian Three-banded Armadillo
[edit] References
- http://www.msu.edu/~nixonjos/armadillo/tolypeutes.html
- http://www.thewebsiteofeverything.com/animals/mammals/Xenarthra/Dasypodidae/Tolypeutes/index.html
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