Screaming Hairy Armadillo

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Screaming Hairy Armadillo[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cingulata
Family: Dasypodidae
Genus: Chaetophractus
Species: C. vellerosus
Binomial name
Chaetophractus vellerosus
(Gray, 1865)

The Screaming Hairy Armadillo (Chaetophractus vellerosus) is a species of armadillo in the Dasypodidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Paraguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, hot deserts, temperate desert, arable land, pastureland, and plantations.[2] The name "Screaming" derives from its habit of squealing when threatened.

[edit] Subspecies

  • Chaetophractus vellerosus vellerosus
  • Chaetophractus vellerosus pannosus

[edit] References

  1. ^ 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, 95. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ a b Cuellar, E., Meritt. D. & members of the Edentate Specialist Group (2006). Chaetophractus vellerosus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.
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