Taxonavigation

Familia: Chlamyphoridae
Subfamilia: Tolypeutinae
Genus: Priodontes
Species: Priodontes maximus

Name

Priodontes maximus (Kerr, 1792)

Type locality: French Guiana, "Cayenne"

References

• Priodontes maximus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Linnaeus: Anim. Kingdom, p. 112.

• Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.)  2005. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page. 
• Listed animal in CITES Appendix I
• IUCN: Priodontes maximus (Kerr, 1792) (Vulnerable)
• Priodontes maximus (Kerr, 1792) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Leite Pitman, R., G. Powell, D. Cruz, M. Escobedo, K. Escobar, V. Vilca & A. Mendoza. 2004. Habitat use and activity of the giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus): Preliminary data from southeastern Peru. Book of Abstracts: Society for Conservation Biology Annual Meeting 2004. Columbia University, New York, USA. Available from http://www.conbio.org/images/content_about_scb/scb_2004_ny_abstracts.pdf and http://www.academia.edu/2314751/Habitat_Use_and_Activity_of_the_Giant_Armadillo_Priodontes_maximus_Preliminary_Data_from_Southeastern_Peru

Vernacular names