Euphractus sexcinctus

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Cingulata
Familia: Dasypodidae
Subfamilia: Euphractinae
Genus: Euphractus
Species: Euphractus sexcinctus
Subspecies: E. s. boliviae - E. s. flavimanus - E. s. setosus - E. s. tucumanus

Name

Euphractus sexcinctus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type locality: "America meridionale", Pará, Brazil (Thomas, 1907)

References

* Euphractus sexcinctus on Mammal Species of the World.
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2 Volume Set edited by Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder
* Linnaeus: Systema Naturae, 10th ed., 1: 51.

Vernacular names
日本語: ムツオビアルマジロ
Polski: Pancernik białowłosy
Português: Tatu-peba

The Six-banded Armadillo (Euphractus sexcinctus), also known as the Yellow Armadillo, is a species of armadillo from South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and isolated populations in Suriname (there known as Siksi-banti kapasi). Its body is usually yellowish in color, sometimes tan or light reddish-brown. It belongs to the monotypic genus Euphractus.

It is a solitary terrestrial animal, living in many habitats from rainforest to grassland, but mainly found on open areas, such as cerrado plains. It is omnivorous, feeding on a wide range of plant and animal matter. It shelters in a den underground. Unlike most species of armadillo, the six-banded armadillo is mostly diurnal rather than nocturnal.[2]

Subspecies

Euphractus sexcinctus boliviae Thomas, 1907
Euphractus sexcinctus flavimanus Desmarest, 1804
Euphractus sexcinctus setosus Wied, 1826
Euphractus sexcinctus tucumanus Thomas, 1911

References

^ Cuellar, E. & Members of the IUCN SSC Edentate Specialist Group (2008). Euphractus sexcinctus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 December 2008.
^ Bird, B. 1999. Euphractus sexcinctus (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed 22 September 2007.

Louise H. Emmons and Francois Feer. (1997). Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, A Field Guide, 2nd ed. University of Chicago Press ISBN 0-226-20721-8
Gardner, Alfred (16 November 2005). Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 97. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.