Six-banded Armadillo

Taxobox
name = Six-banded Armadillo

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status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
trend = unknown
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Cingulata
familia = Dasypodidae
subfamilia = Euphractinae
genus = "Euphractus"
genus_authority = Wagler, 1830
species = "E. sexcinctus"
binomial = "Euphractus sexcinctus"
binomial_authority = (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. [Bird, B. 1999. " [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Euphractus_sexcinctus.html Euphractus sexcinctus] " (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed 22 September 2007.]

Subspecies

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

References

* 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
*MSW3 Gardner|pages=97