Six-banded Armadillo
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Six-banded Armadillo
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Cingulata Family: Dasypodidae Subfamily: Euphractinae Genus: Euphractus Wagler, 1830 Species: E. sexcinctus
Binomial name
Euphractus sexcinctus (Linnaeus, 1758)

The Six-banded Armadillo (Euphractus sexcinctus), also known as the Yellow Armadillo, is a species of armadillo from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and isolated population in Suriname. Its body is usually yellowish in color, sometimes tan or light reddish-brown.

It is a solitary terrestrial animal, living in many habitats from rainforest to grassland, but mainly found on open areas, such as cerrado plains. It is omnivorous, feeding on a wide range of plant and animal matter. It shelters in a den underground. Unlike most species of armadillo, the six-banded armadillo is mostly diurnal rather than nocturnal.¹

Subspecies

• Euphractus sexcinctus boliviae Thomas, 1907
• Euphractus sexcinctus flavimanus Desmarest, 1804
• Euphractus sexcinctus setosus Wied, 1826
• Euphractus sexcinctus tucumanus Thomas, 1907

References

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• Cuellar & members of the Edentate Specialist Group (2006). Euphractus sexcinctus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
• Louise H. Emmons and Francois Feer. (1997). Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, A Field Guide, 2nd ed. University of Chicago Press ISBN 0-226-20721-8
• 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, 97. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.