Giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus), Fauna Forever Tambopata, Amazon rainforest, Peru

Giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus) in her burrow. Video courtesy of Michael Drake, who took it during his time as a volunteer field research assistant on the Fauna Forever Tambopata () project in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest region of Madre de Dios. This species is largely nocturnal and eats copious amounts of ants and termites.
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