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Andean hairy armadillo
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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.[2] However, this location may actually only contain a population of C. vellerosus.[1][2]
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Andean hairy armadillo[1] | |
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Near Oruro, Bolivia | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Cingulata |
Family: | Chlamyphoridae |
Genus: | Chaetophractus |
Species: | C. nationi |
Binomial name | |
Chaetophractus nationi (Thomas, 1894) | |
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Andean hairy armadillo range |
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