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678:Southern long-nosed armadillo
329:The species is threatened by
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504:Tolypeutes matacus.
331:habitat destruction
242:Museum of Osteology
56:Conservation status
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682:D. hybridus
659:Dasypodinae
584:Superorder
578:Infraclass
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930:Priodontes
908:C. tatouay
812:Euphractus
780:C. nationi
712:D. pilosus
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282:Paraguay
264:, is an
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544:Extant
341:Gallery
305:keratin
286:Bolivia
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460:. In
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