SEVEN-BANDED ARMADILLO Dasypus septemcinctus
Smith P 2008 - FAUNA Paraguay Handbook of the Mammals of Paraguay Number 14 Seven-banded Armadillo Dasypus septemcinctus
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Dasypus armadillos are comonly known as "long-nosed" armadillos or Narigones in Spanish, for obvious reasons. They are characterised by the long thin snout and big rabbit-like ears. The Seven-banded is a small, open country species found mainly in the northern half of Paraguay. It is best distinguished from other species by its dark colouration and 6 or 7 uniformly dark movable bands on the carapace, and long ears (50% of the head length).
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LINKS TO DOWNLOADABLE OPEN ACCESS REFERENCES USED IN THE PREPARATION OF THE FAUNA PARAGUAY HANDBOOK OF THE MAMMALS OF PARAGUAY SPECIES ACCOUNT FOR THIS SPECIES:

Edentate Specialist Group 2004 - Species Summaries - Edentata 6: p3-26.
Leeuwenberg F 1997 - Edentata as a Food Resource: Subsistence Hunting by Xavante Indians, Brazil - Edentata 3: p1-4.
Myers P, Espinosa R, Parr CS, Jones T, Hammond GS, Dewey A 2006 - The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed July 2008.
Olmos F 1995 - Edentates in the Caatinga of Serra da Capivara National Park - Edentata 2: p16-17.
CLICK THE HANDBOOK LINK ABOVE TO DOWNLOAD PDFS OF THE SPECIES ACCOUNTS FOR THE FAUNA PARAGUAY HANDBOOK OF PARAGUAYAN MAMMALS VOLUME 2: XENARTHRA.
FIGURE 1 - (FPMAM77PH) Adult, Est La Rama III, Departamento Canindeyú (Centro de Mastozoologia del Paraguay undated).
FIGURE 2 - (FPMAM932PH) Dorsal specimen, MNHNP, Asunción (Paul Smith March 2011).
FIGURE 3 - (FPMAM933PH) Ventral specimen, MNHNP, Asunción (Paul Smith March 2011).
FIGURE 4 - (FPMAM934PH) Lateral head specimen, MNHNP, Asunción (Paul Smith March 2011).
FIGURE 5 - (FPMAM935PH) Cephalic shield of specimen, MNHNP, Asunción (Paul Smith March 2011).
FIGURE 6 - (FPMAM1174PH) Lateral, Refugio Biológico Tatí Yupí, Alto Paraná department (Nelson Pérez undated).
FIGURE 7 - (FPMAM1175PH) Head detail, Refugio Biológico Tatí Yupí, Alto Paraná department (Nelson Pérez undated).
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Seven-banded Armadillo Dasypus septemcinctus
DORSAL (FPMAM78PH); VENTRAL (FPMAM79PH); LATERAL (FPMAM80PH)
Skulls courtesy of Centro de Mastozoologia del Paraguay, Asunción
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