Cabassous

• Northern Naked-tailed Armadillo Cabassous centralis

  

  The northern naked-tailed armadillo has bands of armor on its back but no protective plates on its tail. It digs with large claws and feeds mainly on insects.

• Chacoan Naked-tailed Armadillo Cabassous chacoensis

  

  A small armadillo of the dry Chaco that spends much of its time underground and mainly eats ants and termites.

• Greater Naked-tailed Armadillo Cabassous tatouay

  

  An armadillo whose tail lacks armor. At night it digs into soil and termite mounds with its large claws, feeding mainly on ants and termites.

• Southern Naked-tailed Armadillo Cabassous unicinctus

  

  This armadillo is marked by a gray, banded shell and an unarmored tail. It lives mostly alone underground and feeds on ants and termites.

• Northern Naked-tailed Armadillo Cabassous centralis

  

  The northern naked-tailed armadillo has bands of armor on its back but no protective plates on its tail. It digs with large claws and feeds mainly on insects.

• Southern Naked-tailed Armadillo Cabassous unicinctus

  

  This armadillo is marked by a gray, banded shell and an unarmored tail. It lives mostly alone underground and feeds on ants and termites.

• Greater Naked-tailed Armadillo Cabassous tatouay

  An armadillo whose tail lacks armor. At night it digs into soil and termite mounds with its large claws, feeding mainly on ants and termites.

• Chacoan Naked-tailed Armadillo Cabassous chacoensis

  A small armadillo of the dry Chaco that spends much of its time underground and mainly eats ants and termites.