What is Giant armadillo?
{{Taxobox | name = Giant armadillo | status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1 | trend = down | image = Giant armadillo standing in grass - DPLA - fb2b982ba16f53f68b6c728ab858d100.jpg | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | superordo = [[Xenarthra]] | ordo = [[Cingulata]] | familia = [[Dasypodidae]] | subfamilia = [[Tolypeutinae]] | genus = '''''Priodontes''''' | binomial = ''Priodontes maximus'' }} The '''giant armadillo''' (''Priodontes maximus''), colloquially '''tatou''', '''ocarro''', '''tatu-canastra''' or '''tatú carreta''', is the largest living species of [[armadillo]]. It was once found widely through the tropical forests of eastern [[South America]]. It now ranges throughout varied [[habitat]] as far south as northern [[Argentina]]. {{-}} {{biology-stub}} == Gallery == <gallery> Giant armadillo.jpg Sleeping Giant armadillo.JPG </gallery> [[Category:Endangered species]] [[Category:Mammals of South America]] [[Category:Xenarthrans]]