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Andean hairy armadillo

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Andean hairy armadillo

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Also known as Chaetophractus nationi

species of mammal

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Vinony's link graph records 50 inbound references to Andean hairy armadillo, and connects out to nine-banded armadillo, screaming hairy armadillo and Chile.

Vinony files it under Armadillos, Fauna listed on CITES Appendix II and IUCN Red List least concern species.

Vinony links it to 28 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

Observations: Not much is known about the longevity of these animals, but one specimen lived 14 years in captivity (Richard Weigl 2005). Their maximum longevity could be underestimated as detailed studies are lacking.

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Chaetophractus
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Chaetophractus nationi, Oruro, Bolivia - 20090824.jpg
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species
taxon name
Chaetophractus nationi
Commons category
Chaetophractus nationi
taxon common name
Andean hairy armadillo
short name
C. nationi
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Encyclopedic overview

The Andean hairy armadillo (Chaetophractus nationi) is an armadillo found mainly in Bolivia, in the region of the Puna; the departments of Oruro, La Paz, and Cochabamba (Gardner, 1993). Nowark (1991) describes it as distributed in Bolivia and northern Chile. A recent publication of Pacheco (1995) also locates the species in the Puno Region of Peru. This species is also thought to be present in northern Argentina. However, this location may actually only contain a population of C. vellerosus.

Physical description

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Andean hairy armadillo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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