Virginia Hayssen
Mammalian Species 46 (908), 24-27, (11 September 2014) https://doi.org/10.1644/908
KEYWORDS: anteater, armadillo, Edentata, edentate, South America, Xenarthra
Cabassous chacoensis (Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo) is a little-studied, primarily fossorial armadillo endemic to xeric parts of the Gran Chaco in western Paraguay and northern Argentina. C. chacoensis is listed as “Near Threatened” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.