Pichi: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the pichi lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Zaedyus pichiy
Group	Sloths, anteaters & armadillos
Status	Near threatened (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	South America
Mass	50 g (birth weight); 977 g (adult weight)
Diet (main food)	lizard, scorpion, beetle, mammal
Class	Mammal
Order	Cingulata
Family	Euphractidae

Where does the pichi live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the pichi in 1 country or territory across South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Corumbá.

Argentina

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.

How big is a pichi?

Wikidata records the following for the pichi: mass 50 g (birth weight); 977 g (adult weight).

What does a pichi eat?

Wikidata lists the main food source of the pichi as: lizard, scorpion, beetle, mammal.

Is the pichi endangered?

The pichi’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Near threatened” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the pichi?

The pichi (Zaedyus pichiy) is a mammal in the order Cingulata and the family Euphractidae, genus Zaedyus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the pichi

The pichi (Zaedyus pichiy), dwarf armadillo or pygmy armadillo is an armadillo native to Argentina and Chile. It is the only living member of the genus Zaedyus, and the only armadillo to hibernate. Fossil remains from the Cerro Azul Formation indicate this species had already evolved during the late Miocene epoch.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Pichi (revision 1351181302), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q244174 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).