Aug 22, 2025
Southern Naked-Tailed Armadillo, photographed by Jan Ebr, (source)
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Southern Naked-Tailed Armadillo, photographed by Jan Ebr, (source)
Southern Naked-Tailed Armadillo, photographed by Michel Gunther, (source)
Southern Naked-Tailed Armadillo, photographed by Jorge L. Peña, (source)
Cabassous unicinctus | ©Renato Gaiga (Itiquira, Mato Grosso, Brazil)
The Southern naked-tailed armadillo or Cabasú de orejas largas, Cabassous unicinctus (Cingulata - Dasypodidae) is a small armadillo from South America.
This species is found east of the Andes from northern Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, through to Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana and Suriname in the north, to the state of Mato Grosso do Sul (Brazil) in the south [1].
In 2011 the first specimens of Cabassous unicinctus squamicaudis from Paraguay were documented, extending the known distribution of the species approximately 270 km south-southwestward in the cerrado eco-region [2].