Andean hairy armadillo

(Chaetophractus nationi)

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Description

The Andean Hairy Armadillo (Chaetophractus Nationini) is an Armadillo Present in Bolivia.In the Puna Region,in the Departments of Oruro,La Paz and Cochabamba (Gardner,1993).Nowark (1991) describes it as Distributed in Bolivia and northern Chile,A Recent Publication Pacheco (1995) also finds the species in Peru,basically In the Puno Region.They also think that it is present in northern Argentina.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Mammalia
Order:Cingulata
Family:Dasypodidae
Genus:Chaetophractus
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