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title: "Six-banded Armadillo"
description: "Euphractus sexcinctus — Mammals. The six-banded armadillo (Euphractus sexcinctus), also known as the yellow armadillo, is an armadillo found in South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/six-banded-armadillo
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Six-banded Armadillo

> Euphractus sexcinctus — Mammals. The six-banded armadillo (Euphractus sexcinctus), also known as the yellow armadillo, is an armadillo found in South America.

- Scientific name: *Euphractus sexcinctus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 1422
- Wikidata: [Q902876](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q902876)
- iNaturalist taxon: [47083](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47083)

## Names

- en: Six-banded Armadillo
- de: Sechsbinden-Gürteltier
- es: Tatú peludo
- fr: Tatou à six bandes
- nl: Zesbandgordeldier
- pt: Tatupeba
- pl: Puklerznik sześciopaskowy

## Countries with the most observations

BR (876), AR (186), BO (93), UY (84), PY (20)

## Summary

The six-banded armadillo (Euphractus sexcinctus), also known as the yellow armadillo, is an armadillo found in South America. The sole extant member of its genus, it was first described by Swedish zoologist Carl Linnaeus in 1758. The six-banded armadillo is typically between 40 and 50 centimeters (16 and 20 in) in head-and-body length, and weighs 3.2 to 6.5 kilograms (7.1 to 14.3 lb). The carapace (hard shell on the back) is pale yellow to reddish brown, marked by scales of equal length, and scantily covered by buff to white bristle-like hairs. The forefeet have five distinct toes, each with moderately developed claws…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-banded_armadillo

## Photo

![Six-banded Armadillo](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/six-banded-armadillo/medium.jpg)

Photo: Paulo Mascaretti · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/195021831

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/six-banded-armadillo?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).