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giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus)
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TATOU (Priodonta gigas, now Priodontes maximus)
Title: Five hundred fascinating animal stories, with numerous colored plates, illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., etc., ect.
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Miles, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry Miles), 1848-1929
Subjects: Animal behavior Zoology
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The giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus), colloquially tatou, ocarro, tatu-canastra or tatú carreta, is the largest living species of armadillo. It lives in South America, ranging throughout as far south as northern Argentina.
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Scientific Name: Priodontes maximus (Kerr, 1792)
Common Names:
English – Giant Armadillo
Spanish – Carachupa Manan, Armadillo Gigante, Cuspon, Tatú Carreta, Tatú Guazú
French – Tatou Géant
Synonyms:
Priodontes giganteus (G. Fischer, 1814)
Dasypus gigas G. Cuvier, 1817
Dasypus maximus Kerr, 1792
Tatus grandis (Olfers, 1818) |
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