Medium-sized and large mammals of the Cazumbá-Iracema Extractivist Reserve, Acre, Brazil
Author
Oliveira, Marcela Alvares
Author
Calouro, Armando Muniz
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/16.1.127
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10.15560/16.1.127
1809-127X
Priodontes maximus
(Kerr, 1792)
, Giant Armadillo
Records.
Recorded by opportunistic sightings (
09° 07.632′S
,
068°06.230′W
) and hunting interviews.
Identification.
Its carapace is highly flexible, with 11–13 moveable bands. Hair is sparse. The body is dark brown, except for the head and tail and for a light-colored stripe around the edges of the body. The tail is long, narrow, and covered with small pentagonal scales (
Carter et al. 2016
).