Mass: 4.4 kg based on Morgan and Loughry 2009, Sanderson 1949, and Richard-Hansen et al. 1999

Diet: invertivore based on Redford 1986 and Sikes et al. 1990

Abundance: 0.16 to 31.76% (median 3.88%)

Latitudinal range: -31.2° to 38.8°

Habitats: (4), desert/xeric shrubland (2), mangrove (2), montane grassland (1), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (3), temperate savanna (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (20), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (28), tropical/subtropical savanna (7)

Found in 68 samples

Argentina: Iguazù National Park (on roads)

Bolivia: Santa Rosa (control)

Brazil: Fazenda Sta Emília (acurí forest), Caxiuanä National Forest (March), Fazenda Cauaia (camera trapping), Estação Biológica de Santa Lùcia (primary forest), Estrada do Porto (2005), Tapiraí and Piedade Municipalities, Serra do Japi Biological Reserve (2006/2007), Serra do Japi Biological Reserve (2009/2010), Floresta Nacional Amapâ (dry season), Humaitâ Forest Reserve, Augusto Ruschi Biological Reserve, Ibicuí River, Quedas do Rio Bonito Ecological Park (camera trapping), Una and Arataca (forest), Una and Arataca (cabruca), Iguaçu National Park, Purus Project, Formosa Military Training Area, Private Reserve of Natural Heritage Recanto das Antas, Reserva Ecológica Michelin (floresta), Terra do Meio Ecological Station I, Terra do Meio Ecological Station II, Cachoeira Seca Indigenous Land I, Lapa do Santo (Early Holocene), Lapa do Santo (Middle Holocene)

Colombia: Parque Nacional Natural Farallones de Cali (forest), Parque Nacional Natural Farallones de Cali (scrub), Palmar de Altamira (bosque), Palmar de Altamira (palmar 2009), Palmar de Altamira (palmar 2011-2012), Otùn Quimbaya Flora and Fauna Sanctuary (2009), Otùn Quimbaya Flora and Fauna Sanctuary (2010-1), Otùn Quimbaya Flora and Fauna Sanctuary (2011), Aguazuque Occupation 1

Costa Rica: San Juan-La Selva Biological Corridor, Pacuare Nature Reserve, Piedras Blancas National Park

Ecuador: Chorongo, Refugio de Vida Silvestre Marina y Costera Pacoche

Honduras: Rio Sikre

Mexico: La Reserva Natural Sierra Nanchititla, Estación Científica Las Joyas, Tolistoque (dry season), Tolistoque (rainy season), Abra-Tanchipa Biosphere Reserve (survey 1), Pico de Orizaba National Park, Pastorías (lluvias), Pastorías (secas), Reserva de la Biosfera La Encrucijada (secas), Reserva de la Biosfera La Encrucijada (lluvias), Xalapa, Sierra Region (secondary forest), Sierra Region (oil palm), Santa Marta rock-shelter

Panama: Ecoparque Panama

Paraguay: Isla Alta

Peru: Los Amigos Conservation Concession (2005), Los Amigos Conservation Concession (2006), Ichigkat Muja - Cordillera del Cóndor National Park (2018), Ichigkat Muja - Cordillera del Cóndor National Park (2019)

United States: Kleberg County, Daniel Boone Field Station (riparian), Student Agricultural Gardens

Uruguay: Rivera (gallery forest), Rivera (plantation), Rivera (grassland)

♀ body mass	4200 kg	N = 22	Morgan and Loughry 2009
♀ body mass	4030 kg	N = 103	Morgan and Loughry 2009
♀ body mass	5270 kg	N = 3	Sanderson 1949
♂ body mass	4350 kg	N = 10	Morgan and Loughry 2009
♂ body mass	4190 kg	N = 107	Morgan and Loughry 2009
♂ body mass	3468 kg	N = 3	Sanderson 1949
body mass	5030 kg	N = 141	Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♀ ear length	49 mm	N = 3	Sanderson 1949
♂ ear length	48 mm	N = 3	Sanderson 1949
ear length	52 mm	N = 141	Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♀ head and body length	538 mm	N = 3	Sanderson 1949
♂ head and body length	407 mm	N = 3	Sanderson 1949
head and body length	460 mm	N = 141	Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♀ hind foot length	91 mm	N = 3	Sanderson 1949
♂ hind foot length	84 mm	N = 3	Sanderson 1949
hind foot length	98 mm	N = 141	Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♀ tail length	432 mm	N = 3	Sanderson 1949
♂ tail length	360 mm	N = 3	Sanderson 1949
tail length	382 mm	N = 141	Richard-Hansen et al. 1999

See also Dasypus, Dasypus bellus, Dasypus hybridus, Dasypus kappleri, Dasypus sp., Dasypus spp.