Hairy long-nosed armadillo: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the hairy long-nosed armadillo lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Dasypus pilosus
Group	Sloths, anteaters & armadillos
Status	Data deficient (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Cingulata
Family	Dasypodidae

Where does the hairy long-nosed armadillo live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the hairy long-nosed armadillo in 1 country or territory across South America. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Peru.

Peru

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the hairy long-nosed armadillo endangered?

The hairy long-nosed armadillo’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Data deficient” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the hairy long-nosed armadillo?

The hairy long-nosed armadillo (Dasypus pilosus) is a mammal in the order Cingulata and the family Dasypodidae, genus Dasypus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the hairy long-nosed armadillo

The hairy long-nosed armadillo or woolly armadillo (Dasypus pilosus) is a species of armadillo in the family Dasypodidae. It is endemic to Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. The International Union for Conservation of Nature used to consider it a "vulnerable species" but has changed this assessment to "data deficient" because so little is known about the animal and the threats it faces.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Hairy long-nosed armadillo (revision 1338735224), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q743510 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).