What is Brazilian three-banded armadillo?
{{Speciesbox | name = Brazilian three-banded armadillo | image = EdmontonZooArmadillo.JPG | image_caption = A Brazilian three-banded armadillo at [[Edmonton Valley Zoo|Edmonton Zoo]] | status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>Miranda, F., Moraes-Barros, N., Superina, M. & Abba, A.M. (2014) [http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/21975/0 ''Tolypeutes tricinctus'']. In: IUCN 2014. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.</ref> | genus = Tolypeutes | species = tricinctus | authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]) | range_map = Tolypeutes tricinctus distribution.svg | range_map_caption = Geographic range | synonyms = * ''Dasypus tricinctus'' <small>Linnaeus,&nbsp;1758</small> * ''Dasypus quadricinctus'' <small>Linnaeus,&nbsp;1758</small> }} The '''Brazilian three-banded armadillo''' (''Tolypeutes tricinctus'') is a species of [[armadillo]] [[endemic]] to [[Brazil]]. It is one of two species which can roll into a ball. The other is the [[Southern three-banded armadillo]]. It is the most rare species of armadillo: most live in the region called [[Caatinga]], in north-east Brazil. Until the 1990s, the species was thought to be extinct, now it is classified as vulnerable. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Xenarthrans]] [[Category:Mammals of South America]]