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The Big Hairy Armadillo (Chaetophractus villosus) is a species of armadillo in the Dasypodidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Paraguay. Its natural habitats are subantarctic forests, temperate forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, hot deserts, temperate desert, cold desert, arable land, pastureland, plantations, and rural gardens.[2]
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- ^ Gardner, Alfred (November 16, 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 96. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ^ a b Chiarello, A., Cuellar, E., Meritt, D., Porini, G. & members of the Edentate Specialist Group (2006). Chaetophractus villosus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.
