The Life of Animals | Giant Armadillo | Armadillos are one of the oldest groups of Mammals and have a quirky appearance, possessing a tough shell composed of bony plates in the dermis covered by horny scales. The giant armadillos typically weigh around 28 kilograms (62 lb) Pls fully grown, but a 32 kilograms (71 lb) specimen has been weighed in the wild. Giant armadillos are fairly solitary and nocturnal, spending the day in Burrows.
Giant armadillos use Their large front claws to dig for prey and rip open termite mounds. The average sleep time of a Captive giant armadillo is said to be 18.1 hours. Hunted throughout its range, a single, giant armadillos supplies a great deal of meat, and is the primary source of protein for some indigenous peoples. In Addition, a live giant armadillos are frequently captured for trade on the black market, and invariably die During transportation or in captivity. Despite this species' wide range, it is locally rare.
The giant armadillo was classified as vulnerable on the World Conservation Union's Red List in 2002, and is listed under Appendix I (Threatened with extinction) of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna. The giant armadillo is protected by law in Columbia, Guyana, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Suriname and Peru, and international trade is banned by its listing on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
Some Populations occur within protected reserves, including the Parque das Gold in Brazil, and the Central Suriname Nature Reserve, a massive 1.6-million-hectare site of pristine rainforest managed by Conservation International.
