Chaetophractus vellerosus (Gray 1865)

[Dasypus] vellerosus Gray 1865, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865: 376.

Type Locality: Bolivia, Santa Cruz, " Santa Cruz de la Sierra." .

Vernacular Names: Screaming Hairy Armadillo.

Synonyms: Chaetophractus vallerosus Thomas 1923; Chaetophractus villerosus Grandidier and Neveu-Lemaire 1908; Chaetophractus brevirostris Fitzinger 1860 .

Subspecies::

Subspecies Chaetophractus vellerosus subsp. vellerosus Gray 1865

Subspecies Chaetophractus vellerosus subsp. pannosus Thomas 1902

Distribution: Chaco Boreal of Bolivia and Paraguay south to C Argentina and west to the Puna de Tarapacá of Chile.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).