This species is considered vulnerable to extinction. It lives in south america, ranging throughout as far south as northern argentina. This is the first time four of them have been found in the same spot.
World's Largest Armadillo Makes A Rare Appearance Weird animals, Rare
These findings not only represent an interesting dietary.
Human activities, like habitat destruction and hunting, are major concerns.
Human expansion and deforestation are rapidly eliminating the habitat for giant armadillos. The glyptodon, or giant armadillo, went extinct around 10,000 years ago. Adults grow as long as 35 inches and. Along with three perforated giant sloth bones found in brazil last year, which archaeologists believe humans used as pendants 25,000 to 27,000 years ago, the butchered.
The giant armadillo is the largest of all armadillos and found in south america, east of the andes, from northwestern venezuela to northeastern argentina. As humans expand into new areas, armadillos lose their homes and breeding grounds. Cut marks found on giant armadillo fossils suggest the presence of early humans in what’s now argentina more than 20,000 years ago — far earlier than once thought.
