This armadillo is marked by a gray, banded shell and an unarmored tail. It lives mostly alone underground and feeds on ants and termites.
Its back is covered by a gray shell with a pale pinkish band along the lower edge. Its tail is not covered by hard armor.
It digs and lives alone, making burrows in termite mounds or riverbanks. It may be active by day or by night, and mainly eats ants and termites.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.