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Giant armadillos are found in South America, east of the Andes, from northwestern Venezuela to northeastern Argentina.
HABITAT:
Giant armadillos live in burrows near water in grassland, brushland, woodland and forest habitats.
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Giant Armadillo (Priodontes maximus)
The giant armadillo is classified as a member of the order Edentata (Edentates) and is a member of the family Dasypodidae.
Giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus)
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Giant Armadillo, Priodontes maximus
Genus Tolypeutes
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Rare giant armadillo photographed
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In the size department, armadillos range in length from the pink fairy armadillo at 3 inches (8 centimeters) to the giant armadillo Priodontes maximus, ...
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Armadillos vary in size from the tiny fairy armadillo (120 gms) to the giant armadillo (60 kg). Body length ranges from about 125 mm to around 1 m. The snout is short and triangular in some species, long and tubular in others.
Armadillo Species: Some species of armadillo are the giant armadillo, nine-banded armadillo, large hairy armadillo, northern naked-tailed armadillo and the pichi.
On land the mammal with the most teeth is the Giant Armadillo Priodontes giganteus order Edentata, which can as many 100 teeth in its jaws. In the oceans the real master of teeth comes from the order Odontoceti.
The largest is the giant armadillo, Priodontes giganteus, which reaches 4 ft (120 cm) in length and may weigh 100 lb (45 kg). Members of this species have almost 100 teeth, more than any other mammal.
" Although xenarthrans such as anteaters are indeed toothless, the giant armadillo has as many as 100 teeth, more than almost any other mammal.
The average armadillo measures around 75cm in length, including the tail but the giant armadillo can grow to more than 1.5m long and the miniature pink fairy armadillo (the smallest armadillo species) only gets to around 10cm in length.
Their average length is about 75 centimeters (30 in), including tail; the Giant Armadillo reaches roughly 90 cm (3 ft), while the Pink Fairy Armadillos are diminutive species with an overall length of 12-15 cm (4-5 in).
Although all modern members of this order lack incisors and canines, the designation was a misnomer-only anteaters have no teeth. In fact, the giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus) can have as many as 100.
The largest species is the giant armadillo (Priodon gigas), measuring nearly a yard long, from the forests of Surinam and Brazil; while one of the smallest is Dasypus minutes, a near ally of the larger D. sexcinctus.
 See also: Armadillo, Anteater, Sloth, Burro, Shell
  
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