Greater Long-nosed Armadillo
Dasypus kappleri
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderCingulata (Armadillos)
- FamilyDasypodidae (Long-nosed Armadillos)
- GenusDasypus (Long-nosed Armadillos)
- SpeciesDasypus kappleri (Greater Long-nosed Armadillo)
Closest Relatives at Manu National Park
📅 Monthly Probability
🌙 When They're Spotted
Most active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 2 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 3 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Greater Long-nosed Armadillo in Manu National Park?
About 6% of visitor-days record a Greater Long-nosed Armadillo sighting in Manu National Park, based on 5 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Greater Long-nosed Armadillo in Manu National Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for Greater Long-nosed Armadillo in Manu National Park in our monthly data.