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title: "Seven-banded Long-nosed Armadillo"
description: "Dasypus septemcinctus — Ssaki. The seven-banded armadillo (Dasypus septemcinctus), also known as the Brazilian lesser long-nosed armadillo, is a species of armadillo from South America found in Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/seven-banded-long-nosed-armadillo
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Seven-banded Long-nosed Armadillo

> Dasypus septemcinctus — Ssaki. The seven-banded armadillo (Dasypus septemcinctus), also known as the Brazilian lesser long-nosed armadillo, is a species of armadillo from South America found in Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil.

- Scientific name: *Dasypus septemcinctus*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Sawanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 733
- iNaturalist taxon: [1275370](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1275370)

## Names

- en: Seven-banded Long-nosed Armadillo
- de: Siebenbinden-Gürteltier
- es: Armadillo de siete bandas

## Countries with the most observations

AR (280), BR (242), UY (148), BO (4)

## Summary

The seven-banded armadillo (Dasypus septemcinctus), also known as the Brazilian lesser long-nosed armadillo, is a species of armadillo from South America found in Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil.
It is a solitary nocturnal, terrestrial animal, living mostly in dry habitats, outside of rainforest regions.

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

## Photo

![Seven-banded Long-nosed Armadillo](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/seven-banded-long-nosed-armadillo/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/61152258

## Machine access

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