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The large intact grasslands of the savanna and surrounding habitats support diverse mammal populations which include giant anteater Myrmecophaga tridactyla (VU), giant armadillo Priodontes maximus (EN), jaguar Panthera onca, puma Puma concolor and Brazilian tapir Tapirus terrestris (VU).
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This unique forest shelters a critically endangered reptile (Caiman latirostris); one endangered bird (Sporophila nigrofufa) and at least three mammals (Priodontes maximus, Chrysocyon brachyurus and Pteronura brasiliensis) and three birds, one reptile and 12 mammals in a vulnerable status.
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Other species, such as giant anteater Myrmecophaga tridactyla (EN) and giant armadillo Priodontes maximus (EN), are found both in humid forests and in the drier habitats, but appear to reach their greatest population densities in the termite plains.
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Jaguars, smaller cats and maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus) maintain prey populations in check within an intact biota which boasts healthy populations of cracids, tapirs, and giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus).
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Two of the most unusual species are the giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus, EN) and the giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla, VU), which as the largest anteater in the world can grow up to 1.9 meters in length from nose to base of tail, with a huge flag-like tail that can be up to a meter long.
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Other species include giant armadillo Priodontes maximuss (EN), paca Cuniculus paca and prehensile-tailed porcupine Coendou bicolor.
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Priodontes (manual digit number varies from three to five in armadillos).
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Priodontes maximus, and specifically the animal's right hand and lower arm.
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Priodontes: the other tolypeutine armadillos* and the fairy armadillos do it too.
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Priodontes had the highest IFA among armadillos after Chlamyphorus, the mole-like pichiciegos or fairy armadillos.
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