Directory of Dasypodidae Resources

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The Dasypodidae or armadillos are the only surviving family in the order Cingulata, part of the superorder Xenarthra. The word armadillo is Spanish for "little armored one". There are approximately 10 genera and around 20 species of armadillo.

Resources in This Category

• Andean Hairy Armadillo: Chaetophractus nationi

  http://www.arkive.org/andean-hairy-armadillo/chaetophractus-nationi/
  Photographs and information from ARKive on this species found on high-altitude grasslands in Bolivia, northern Chile and northern Argentina.

• ARKive: Giant Armadillo (Priodontes maximus)

  http://www.arkive.org/giant-armadillo/priodontes-maximus/
  Factsheet with description, range and habitat, biology, threats and conservation. Includes photos and video.

• ARKive: Southern Long-nosed Armadillo (Dasypus hybridus)

  http://www.arkive.org/southern-long-nosed-armadillo/dasypus-hybridus/
  Factsheet with description, biology, status and photographs.

• Armadillo

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dasypodidae
  Outline from Wikipedia of the classification of the family Dasypodidae and the habitat and physiology of its ten genera and twenty species.

• Chacoan Naked-tailed Armadillo: Cabassous chacoensis

  http://www.arkive.org/chacoan-naked-tailed-armadillo/cabassous-chacoensis/
  Photographs and information from ARKive on this species endemic to the Gran Chaco region of western Paraguay and north-western Argentina.

• Dasypus novemcinctus

  http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/Dasypus_novemcinctus.htm
  Taxonomy, photograph and description of the nine-banded armadillo its habitat and distribution, life history, physical tolerances, community ecology and invasion information.

• Family: Dasypodidae

  http://animaldiversity.org/site/accounts/information/Dasypodidae.html
  Basic information and anatomy of the armadillo.

• Giant Armadillo- Endangered Species

  http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/english/giantarm.htm
  Priodontes giganteus . Pic .

• Large Hairy Armadillo: Chaetophractus villosus

  http://www.arkive.org/large-hairy-armadillo/chaetophractus-villosus/
  Photographs, videos and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Nine-banded Armadillo

  http://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/species/dillo/
  From Texas Parks and Wildlife.

• Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)

  http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/dasynove.htm
  Detailed species account from The Mammals of Texas.

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