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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Least Concern |
| U.S. ESA Status: | NOT LISTED |
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| Jumping Ability: | (Horizontal) |
| Life Span: | in the Wild |
| Life Span: | in Captivity |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Females) |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Males) |
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Habitat:
This relatively large armadillo is restricted to the tropical moist lowland forests of the Orinoco and Amazon river basins. In savanna areas it is restricted to forest patches. The species constructs burrows in well-drained soil. The females typically give birth to two young (Eisenberg 1989).
Range:
Dasypus kappleri has been recorded from Colombia (east of the Andes), Venezuela (south of the Orinoco), Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and south through the Amazon Basin of Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and northern Bolivia (Pando Department) (Gardner 2005). In Brazil, it occurs eastwards to western Maranhão state (Oliveira et al. 2007) and in a large part of the state of Mato Grosso, but has not been recorded from southern Pará state.
Conservation:
Dasypus kappleri is present in a number of protected areas. An education and awareness program is being carried out by Fundación Omacha in the llanos of Colombia (Trujillo and Superina 2013).