The Llanos long-nosed armadillo (Dasypus sabanicola) or northern long-nosed armadillo is a species of armadillo in the family Dasypodidae. It is endemic to Colombia and Venezuela, where its habitat is the intermittently flooded grassland of the Llanos. The species is closely related to the nine-banded armadillo and the great long-nosed armadillo. It has very little hair and can weigh up to 22 pounds (9.5 kg), and can grow to about 2.1 feet (60 cm) long. It lives in dense cover near limestone formations. Like most other armadillos, it eats ants.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Llanos Long-nosed Armadillo being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Dasypus septemcinctus
- Dasypus novemcinctus
- Dasypus fenestratus
- Dasypus mexicanus
- Cabassous tatouay
- Cabassous unicinctus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Cingulata
- Family
- Dasypodidae
- Genus
- Dasypus
- Species
- Dasypus sabanicola
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