Showing posts with label Armadillo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Armadillo. Show all posts

Hairy Armadilo

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

 
The Life of Animals | Hairy Armadilo | Male armadillo 265 to 419 millimeters (10.4 to 16.5) with an average of 328 to 376 millimeters in length to female ranges, the average length (14.8 in) with 400 mm (12,9 in 16) up to a length of 368 millimeters (14.5 in) long. The female weight range of 814 mg (1.126 with an average weight of 257 grams (9.1 to 39.7 in Australia) but not male, 860 g (30, Australia) with an average of 543 to 1,329 grams (19.2 to 46.9, Australia) in Australia between the sash 28.7). There are numerous long bristly hairs covering the back of the shield;; animal beginning with the number of polygon Shield "convex forehead, the Gray explained.  The other armadillo species of armadillos have more hair growth. Six of the eight movable bands in which the band has 18 armadillo. dorsum of hair color is light brown.


Screaming hairy armadillo burrowing armadilo height is reduced to a dry area. An isolated population of eastern Buenos Aires province in Argentina. Its natural habitats subtropical or tropical dry forests, temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, hot deserts, temperate desert, arable land, grassland, and plantations have. Armadillo burrow, where it can not be found in the reef areas. Usually armadillo burrows beneath bushes and shrubs.


No animal in its burrow to build a nest in its burrow, the animal spends most of its time foraging at the time it's not paradise. Armadillo is omnivorous and its diet varies considerably depending on the season, insects, vertebrates and plant material (Prosopis especially in the cells) in the world. Produce two litters a year, 9 months and sexually mature armadillos. Parts of the Chaco region in Bolivia for more than the armadillo is hunted for its meat. It is Coastal Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, disjunct population of the adverse impacts of mining activities.


Pink Fairy Armadillo

  
The Life of Animals | Pink Fairy Armadillo | Except for a pink fairy armadillo tail length of approximately 90-115 mm (3.5-4.5 inches),, and the pink-colored or pink. Ant colonies in dry soil near the burrows of small holes, and the ants and ant larvae near its burrow is important to provide. Most of the land, as well as the opportunity to swim through the water, sand and shake it uses a large front claws. This is a torpedo-shaped, and coated with sand to avoid conflict with the head.

The armadillo, both national and provincial legislatures, particularly in Lihué Calel National Park there are a number of protected areas to protect species, is found.

Giant Armadillo

Friday, December 23, 2011

 
  
The Life of Animals | Giant Armadillo | Armadillos are one of the oldest groups of Mammals and have a quirky appearance, possessing a tough shell composed of bony plates in the dermis covered by horny scales. The giant armadillos typically weigh around 28 kilograms (62 lb) Pls fully grown, but a 32 kilograms (71 lb) specimen has been weighed in the wild. Giant armadillos are fairly solitary and nocturnal, spending the day in Burrows.



Giant armadillos use Their large front claws to dig for prey and rip open termite mounds. The average sleep time of a Captive giant armadillo is said to be 18.1 hours. Hunted throughout its range, a single, giant armadillos supplies a great deal of meat, and is the primary source of protein for some indigenous peoples. In Addition, a live giant armadillos are frequently captured for trade on the black market, and invariably die During transportation or in captivity. Despite this species' wide range, it is locally rare.

The giant armadillo was classified as vulnerable on the World Conservation Union's Red List in 2002, and is listed under Appendix I (Threatened with extinction) of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna. The giant armadillo is protected by law in Columbia, Guyana, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Suriname and Peru, and international trade is banned by its listing on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). 

Some Populations occur within protected reserves, including the Parque das Gold in Brazil, and the Central Suriname Nature Reserve, a massive 1.6-million-hectare site of pristine rainforest managed by Conservation International.