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Naked-tailed Armadillos
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Naked-tailed Armadillos

Cabassous

Cabassous is a genus of South and Central American armadillos. The name is the Latinised form of the Kalini word for "armadillo".

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species

Southern Naked-tailed Armadillo

speciesCabassous unicinctus

Greater Naked-tailed Armadillo

speciesCabassous tatouay

Cerrado Naked-tailed Armadillo

speciesCabassous squamicaudis

Northern Naked-tailed Armadillo

speciesCabassous centralis

Chacoan Naked-tailed Armadillo

speciesCabassous chacoensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47090.