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The giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus), colloquially tatou, ocarro, tatu-canastra or tatú carreta, is the largest living species of armadillo.
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Subfamily: | Tolypeutinae |
Genus: | Priodontes |
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Priodontes maximus | |
It was once found widely through the tropical forests of eastern South America. It now ranges throughout varied habitat as far south as northern Argentina.
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