The long-haired armadillo [1] ( lat. Chaetophractus vellerosus ) is a mammal of the armadillo family.
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Security status IUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 4368 |
Description
The body length is 25 cm. The entire body, including the shell, is covered with light brown hair.
Spread
The long-haired battleship is common in the Gran Chaco and pampas of Argentina , Bolivia , Chile and Paraguay . Inhabits drylands with sparse forest, subtropics, grassy plains with low vegetation and shrubs.
Lifestyle
The long-haired battleship is nocturnal . This is an omnivore. Its diet consists mainly of insects, as well as vertebrates and plants (especially the pods of plants of the genus Prosopis ). Vertebrates make up 27.7% of the diet in the summer and up to 13.9% in the winter, most often lizards, birds, frogs, high-altitude ( Eligmodontia typus ) and hamsters ( Phyllotis griseofulvus ) become prey. For a long time, the animal can do without water. During feeding, armadillos swallow a lot of sand, which can take up to 50% of the stomach volume in a single dose.
Reproduction
The gestation period is 60-75 days. Animals become sexually mature at the age of 9 months and produce two litters per year.
Subspecies
- Chaetophractus vellerosus vellerosus
- Chaetophractus vellerosus pannosus
Notes
- ↑ Sokolov V. Ye. The five-language dictionary of animal names. Mammals. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V.E. Sokolova. - M .: Rus. lang., 1984. - p. 27. - 10,000 copies.
Literature
- Eisenberg, John Frederick; Redford, Kent Hubbard (1999). Mammals of the Neotropics: The central neotropics: Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil (illustrated ed.). University of Chicago Press. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-226-19542-1 .