Dasypus

• Nine-banded Armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus

  

  An armadillo active around dusk and at night that searches leaf litter for insects. It also occurs in parts of the United States east and north of Texas.

• Hairy Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus pilosus

  

  A Peruvian armadillo with thick reddish hair over its shell, cheeks, and upper forelimbs.

• Brazilian Lesser Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus septemcinctus

  

  The Brazilian lesser long-nosed armadillo is the smallest species in its genus. Its shell has six or seven movable bands.

• East Amazonian Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus beniensis

  This large armadillo is recorded in Brazil and Bolivia. It has enlarged scales at the knees and a broad tail base. It lives in lowland tropical rainforest and forest–savanna transition zones and is active at night.

• Guianan Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus guianensis

  Dasypus guianensis is an armadillo described after populations on the Guiana Shield were separated from a close relative. The original paper combined genetic data and museum-specimen morphology and places the range from northern Brazil through the Guianas to eastern Venezuela.

• Greater Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus kappleri

  The greater long-nosed armadillo occurs east of the Andes in South America. It has conspicuous spurs on its hind legs and digs through leaf litter and soil for invertebrates.

• Yungas Lesser Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus mazzai

  The Yungas lesser long-nosed armadillo has a long snout and bands of armor. The specimens and records treated in the paper are from northwestern Argentina.

• West Amazonian Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus pastasae

  This armadillo occurs in the western Amazon. A 2021 Colombian study describes large knee scales and movable armor bands as identification clues and obtained almost all records in forest along rivers.

• Llanos Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus sabanicola

  The Llanos long-nosed armadillo is a small armadillo of the Orinoco grasslands in Colombia and Venezuela. Its carapace includes movable bands.

• Nine-banded Armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus

  An armadillo active around dusk and at night that searches leaf litter for insects. It also occurs in parts of the United States east and north of Texas.

• Brazilian Lesser Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus septemcinctus

  The Brazilian lesser long-nosed armadillo is the smallest species in its genus. Its shell has six or seven movable bands.

• Hairy Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus pilosus

  A Peruvian armadillo with thick reddish hair over its shell, cheeks, and upper forelimbs.