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The Llanos long-nosed armadillo (Dasypus sabanicola) or northern long-nosed armadillo [2] [3] is a species of armadillo in the family Dasypodidae. [4] It is endemic to Colombia and Venezuela, where its habitat is the intermittently flooded grassland of the Llanos. The species is closely related to the nine-banded armadillo and the great long ...
Dasypus is the only extant genus in the family Dasypodidae. Its species are known as long-nosed or naked-tailed armadillos. They are found in South, Central, and North America, [4] as well as on the Caribbean islands of Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago. [5] Members of Dasypus are solitary and primarily nocturnal to avoid temperature extremes and ...
Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus). Cingulata is an order of armored placental mammals.Members of this order are called cingulates, or colloquially, armadillos.They are primarily found in South America, though the northern naked-tailed armadillo is found mainly in Central America and the nine-banded armadillo has a range extending into North America.
Genus: Dasypus. Southern long-nosed armadillo, Dasypus hybridus NT; Greater long-nosed armadillo, Dasypus kappleri LC; Nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus LC; Hairy long-nosed armadillo, Dasypus pilosus VU; Llanos long-nosed armadillo, Dasypus sabanicola LC; Seven-banded armadillo, Dasypus septemcinctus LC; Yepes's mulita, Dasypus yepesi DD
Genus: Dasypus. Greater long-nosed armadillo, Dasypus kappleri LC; Nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus LC; Llanos long-nosed armadillo, Dasypus sabanicola LC; Subfamily: Tolypeutinae. Genus: Cabassous. Northern naked-tailed armadillo, Cabassous centralis DD; Southern naked-tailed armadillo, Cabassous unicinctus LC; Genus: Priodontes
The Llanos long-nosed armadillo (Dasypus sabanicola) and the short-tailed opossum Monodelphis orinoci are endemic to the Llanos. [2] The Llanos' wetlands supports around 70 species of water birds, including the scarlet ibis. [3]
Genus: Dasypus. Greater long-nosed armadillo, Dasypus kappleri LC; Nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus LC; Llanos long-nosed armadillo, Dasypus sabanicola LC; Subfamily: Tolypeutinae. Genus: Cabassous. Northern naked-tailed armadillo, Cabassous centralis DD; Southern naked-tailed armadillo, Cabassous unicinctus LC; Genus: Priodontes
Below is a taxonomy of armadillos in this family. Family Dasypodidae † Genus Acantharodeia † Genus Amblytatus † Genus Archaeutatus † Genus Astegotherium † Genus Barrancatatus