Greater Fairy Armadillo

Greater Fairy Armadillo^[1]

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Cingulata
Family:	Dasypodidae
Subfamily:	Euphractinae
Genus:	Calyptophractus Fitzinger, 1871
Species:	C. The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future Near Threatened ( NT) is a Conservation status assigned to species or lower taxa which may be considered threatened with extinction in the near future although The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Mammals ( class Mammalia) are a class of Vertebrate Animals characterized by the presence of Sweat glands, including sweat glands Armadillos are small Placental Mammals known for having a leathery armor shell Armadillos are small Placental Mammals known for having a leathery armor shell Leopold Joseph Franz Johann Fitzinger ( April 13, 1802 - September 20, 1884) was an Austrian Zoologist. retusus

Binomial name

Calyptophractus retusus
(Burmeister, 1863)

The Greater Fairy Armadillo (Calyptophractus retusus), also known as Burmeister's Armadillo or the Chacoan Fairy Armadillo, is a species of armadillo in the Dasypodidae family. Karl Hermann Konrad Burmeister ( January 15, 1807 - May 2, 1892) was a German Zoologist and Entomologist. Armadillos are small Placental Mammals known for having a leathery armor shell Armadillos are small Placental Mammals known for having a leathery armor shell It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. The Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia) named after Simón Bolívar, is a Landlocked country in central South America. Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay ( Spanish: República del Paraguay; Guaraní: Tetã Paraguái) is one of the only Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. A habitat (which is Latin for "it inhabits" is an Ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by a particular Species. Shrubland (synonymous with Scrubland) is a habitat type dominated by woody Shrubs A shrub is a perennial woody plant that branches at ground level to form several Grasslands (also called greenswards) are areas where the Vegetation is dominated by Grasses ( Poaceae) and other Herbaceous (non-woody It is threatened by habitat loss. Habitat destruction is the process in which natural Habitat is rendered functionally unable to support the species originally present ^[2]

It is the only species in the genus Calyptophractus^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Gardner, Alfred (November 16, 2005). in Wilson, D. E. , and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 95. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
^ ^a ^b Abba, A. , Porini, G. , Cuellar, E. , Meritt, D. & members of the Edentate Specialist Group (2006). Calyptophractus retusus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2007-07-29. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat