Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus, 1758

Jansen, Martin, Engler, Marc, Blumer, Luka Moritz, Rumiz, Damián I., Aramayo, José Luis & Krone, Oliver, 2020, A camera trapping survey of mammals in the mixed landscape of Bolivia’s Chiquitano region with a special focus on the Jaguar, Check List 16 (2), pp. 323-335 : 328

Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus, 1758

Nine-banded Armadillo, Tatú mula

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Examined material. BOLIVIA; Province of Ñuflo de Chávez of Santa Cruz Department; Centro “Chiquitos”; camera stations 1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 ( Table 1); first cap- ture on 23 March 2017; secondary forest patch in pastureland, primary forest, and border of pastureland to forest.

Identification. This is a medium-sized to large armadillo (2–6 kg) with a carapace that covers the body and nine mobile bands in the median region of the body. The long is tail with rings of scales. It is a common and widespread armadillo species, and is similar in shape to the much rarer Dasypsus septemcinctus Linnaeus, 1758 and D. kappleri Kraus, 1862 which show fewer mobile bands and have not been recorded in the region of our study area.