Home › Entities › taxon › Brazilian three-banded armadillo

Brazilian three-banded armadillo

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q111846
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Brazilian three-banded armadillo

Summary

Brazilian three-banded armadillo is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (402 views/month, #1,536 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Brazilian three-banded armadillo's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Brazilian three-banded armadillo's instance of is recorded as Lazarus taxon[4].
  • Brazilian three-banded armadillo's instance of is recorded as recombination[5].
  • Brazilian three-banded armadillo is classified at the rank of species[6].
  • Brazilian three-banded armadillo's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Vulnerable[7].
  • Brazilian three-banded armadillo belongs to the parent taxon Tolypeutes[8].
  • Brazilian three-banded armadillo is endemic to Brazil[9].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Brazilian three-banded armadillo is Tolypeutes tricinctus[10].
  • Brazilian three-banded armadillo's Commons category is recorded as Tolypeutes tricinctus[11].
  • Brazilian three-banded armadillo's original combination is recorded as Dasypus tricinctus[12].
  • Brazilian three-banded armadillo's taxon synonym is recorded as Dasypus quadricinctus[13].
  • Brazilian three-banded armadillo's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'T. tricinctus'}[14].
  • Brazilian three-banded armadillo is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Brazilian three-banded armadillo'}[15].
  • Brazilian three-banded armadillo is commonly known as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'apar'}[16].
  • Brazilian three-banded armadillo is commonly known as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'apara'}[17].
  • Brazilian three-banded armadillo is commonly known as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'tatu-bola'}[18].
  • Brazilian three-banded armadillo is commonly known as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'tatuapara'}[19].
  • Brazilian three-banded armadillo is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '巴西三帶犰狳'}[20].
  • Brazilian three-banded armadillo is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Brazilian Three-banded Armadillo'}[21].
  • Brazilian three-banded armadillo is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Kugelgürteltier'}[22].
  • Brazilian three-banded armadillo is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Nördliches Kugelgürteltier'}[23].
  • Brazilian three-banded armadillo is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Brasilianisches Dreibinden-Gürteltier'}[24].
  • Brazilian three-banded armadillo is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'kroglasti pasavec'}[25].
  • Brazilian three-banded armadillo's taxon range is recorded as Brazil[26].
  • Brazilian three-banded armadillo's taxon range is recorded as Palmas de Monte Alto[27].

Body

Classification

Brazilian three-banded armadillo's scientific name is Tolypeutes tricinctus[10]. It is classified at the rank of species[6]. It belongs to the parent taxon Tolypeutes[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[15], {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'apar'}[16], {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'apara'}[17], {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'tatu-bola'}[18], {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'tatuapara'}[19], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '巴西三帶犰狳'}[20].

Distribution

Brazilian three-banded armadillo is endemic to Brazil[9].

Identifiers

Brazilian three-banded armadillo's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47080[28]. Brazilian three-banded armadillo's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 183750[29]. Brazilian three-banded armadillo's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 328499[30]. Brazilian three-banded armadillo's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2440793[31]. Brazilian three-banded armadillo's ITIS TSN is recorded as 624906[32].

Why It Matters

Brazilian three-banded armadillo ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (402 views/month, #1,536 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Related Entities

Brazil

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [30] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . colecoesbio.museu-goeldi.br. Retrieved . colecoesbio.museu-goeldi.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Brazilian three-banded armadillo. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/brazilian-three-banded-armadillo
MLA “Brazilian three-banded armadillo.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/brazilian-three-banded-armadillo.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_brazilian-three-banded-armadillo_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Brazilian three-banded armadillo}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/brazilian-three-banded-armadillo}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Brazilian three-banded armadillo — https://4ort.xyz/entity/brazilian-three-banded-armadillo (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/brazilian-three-banded-armadillo · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym → Dasypus quadricinctus
    Taxon rank → species
    Instance of → —
    Taxon range → Brazil, Palmas de Monte Alto
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47826|batch #47826]]: OEWN"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.