Screaming Hairy Armadillo                     Welcome to Zonein's South American Animal information files.

Common name: Screaming Hairy Armadillo

Scientific name: Chaetophractus vellerosus

Location: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay.

Size: up to 40cm long, weight up to 84kg

Life Span: 16 years

Current Status: not endanger

Habitat: grasslands, deserts, pasturelands, low bushlands

Fast facts:
--- when threatened it can make a very loud squeal
--- It digs burrows.

Photo by Arnaud Boucher