Giant Armadillo

Priodontes maximus

Summary 2

The giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus), colloquially tatou, ocarro, tatu-canastra or tatú carreta, is the largest living species of armadillo (although their extinct relatives, the glyptodonts, were much larger). It lives in South America, ranging throughout as far south as northern Argentina. This species is considered vulnerable to extinction.

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  1. (c) Kevin Schafer, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Kevin Schafer
  2. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priodontes_maximus

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