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title: "Zuidelijk kaalstaartgordeldier"
description: "Cabassous unicinctus — Zoogdieren. The southern naked-tailed armadillo (Cabassous unicinctus) is a species of small armadillo from South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/southern-naked-tailed-armadillo
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Zuidelijk kaalstaartgordeldier

> Cabassous unicinctus — Zoogdieren. The southern naked-tailed armadillo (Cabassous unicinctus) is a species of small armadillo from South America.

- Scientific name: *Cabassous unicinctus*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 237
- Wikidata: [Q1768774](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1768774)
- iNaturalist taxon: [47093](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47093)

## Names

- en: Southern Naked-tailed Armadillo
- de: Südliches Nacktschwanzgürteltier
- es: Cabasu de orejas largas del sur
- fr: Tatou à queue nue du Sud
- nl: Zuidelijk kaalstaartgordeldier
- pl: Kabassu

## Countries with the most observations

CO (157), EC (24), BR (21), PE (11), GY (7), BO (4), VE (3)

## Summary

The southern naked-tailed armadillo (Cabassous unicinctus) is a species of small armadillo from South America.

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

## Photo

![Zuidelijk kaalstaartgordeldier](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southern-naked-tailed-armadillo/medium.jpg)

Photo: Whaldener Endo · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/174477494

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/southern-naked-tailed-armadillo?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).