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247:La Plata three-banded armadillo
239:southern three-banded armadillo
893:Greater naked-tailed armadillo
883:Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo
322:from conversion of its native
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667:Southern long-nosed armadillo
318:The species is threatened by
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785:Big hairy armadillo
493:Tolypeutes matacus.
320:habitat destruction
231:Museum of Osteology
45:Conservation status
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671:D. hybridus
648:Dasypodinae
573:Superorder
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658:Dasypus
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330:Gallery
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275:Bolivia
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