The giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus), colloquially tatu-canastra, tatou, ocarro or tatú carreta, is the largest living species of armadillo (although their extinct relatives the glyptodonts were much larger). It lives in South America, ranging throughout as far south as northern Argentina. It is considered to be a vulnerable species.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Giant 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
- Cabassous tatouay
- Cabassous unicinctus
- Smutsia gigantea
- Tolypeutes matacus
- Dasypus sabanicola
- Orycteropus afer
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Cingulata
- Family
- Chlamyphoridae
- Genus
- Priodontes
- Species
- Priodontes maximus
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