the world > animals > mammals > order Edentata > [noun] > family Dasypodidae (armadillo) > genus Tolypeutes (three-banded armadillo) (3)
having three bands, as in three-banded armadillo, an armadillo of the genus Tolypeutes, distinguished by the shell consisting of three bands.
In South America: either of the two kinds of three-banded armadillo, Tolypeutes tricinctus and T. matacus.
An armadillo of this genus.