Giant+Armadillo

Giant Armadillo **Scientific Name**: //Priodontes maximus//

**Domain: Transmembrane, Transmembrane Helix** **Kingdom**: Animalia **Phylum:** Chordata **Class:** Mammalia **Order:** Edentata **Family:** Dasypodidae **Genus:** Priodontes **Species:** Maximus __Habitat__ The Giant Armadillo is found in South America, east of the Andes, from northwestern Venezuela to northeastern Argentina. Prediontes maximus (Giant Armadilo) is typically found in a diverse range of habitats usually were there is a large population its rare they have been seened to be in tropical nontropical rairforest like the Savana, Brazilian floodplains.Giant Armadillos Have been found in these areas in up to five hundred metters above sea level. Giant Armadillo dont really interact litter leaf.Are terrestrial and are mostly in holes. __Species Interactions__ Giant armadillos have a very specialized eating habit consisting of termites and certain ant species. These animals roam throughout their range in search of termite mounds in which to burrow. Once they have found a mount, they completely tear up the roots. This species has also been documented eating carrion, worms, and other small vertebrates.

__Reproduction__
Very little is known how the giant armadillos reproduce. They usually reproduce only one or sometimes two babe armadillos . They only wight 113 grams when born. After 4-6 weeks its armor hardens. It feeds from its mother they go all alone once they hit maturity until their 9-12 of being born.. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3b; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3b; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">__Endangered__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The reason the Giant armadillo is called a giant is because its much larger than the other species of Amarillo.The biggest they can get is a maximum of 38 inches. Its very different from other armadillo species because of its large central claw. On the back of the armadillo look like a flexible armor. The armor is made out of bone due to this they are being hunted.They are also endangered because humans kill them for their to sell their skins. To prevent them from being extinct humans are also helping its population to increase by not exchangeing them commercially. Its important to have them because they keep termite population under control.