page_title: List of mammals of Brazil
section_title: Order: Cingulata
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Brazil / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Cingulata
caption_attribution_description: Description: Six-banded Armadillo (Euphractus sexcinctus) Author: Whaldener Endo Date: 2006
context_page_description: Brazil has the largest mammal diversity in the world, with more than 600 described species and, probably, many yet to be discovered. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature sixty-six of these species are endangered and 40% of the threatened taxa belong to the primate group.
  658 species are listed.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
  Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of near threatened and least concern categories:
context_section_description: Family: Dasypodidae
  Genus: Cabassous
  Greater naked-tailed armadillo, Cabassous tatouay LC
  Southern naked-tailed armadillo, Cabassous unicinctus LC
  Genus: Dasypus
  Southern long-nosed armadillo, Dasypus hybridus NT
  Great long-nosed armadillo, Dasypus kappleri LC
  Nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus LC
  Seven-banded armadillo, Dasypus septemcinctus LC
  Genus: Euphractus
  Six-banded armadillo, Euphractus sexcinctus LC
  Genus: Priodontes
  Giant armadillo, Priodontes maximus VU
  Genus: Tolypeutes
  Southern three-banded armadillo, Tolypeutes matacus NT
  Brazilian three-banded armadillo, Tolypeutes tricinctus VU
caption: Six-banded armadillo
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