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• The Alaskan armadillo, otherwise known as Dasypus vae, has always made its home in some of the coldest climates known to man and is currently on the endangered species list.
• Of armadilloes three species occur, namely, the Dasypus minutus or pichy, the D. villosus or peludo, and the apar.
• Two species of sloths (Bradypus variegatus and Choloepus didactylus) and the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) are common here.
• There are no endemic birds restricted to the llanos ecoregion, and only two mammals: the marsupial Monodelphis orinoci and the edentate Dasypus sabanicola.