Unlike some other armadillos, the big hairy armadillo has not experienced s drastic change in its territory.

Chaetophractus villosus or the big hairy armadillo is the most abundant species of armadillo in Argentina.

The big hairy armadillo or large hairy armadillo, Chaetophractus villosus, of the family Dasypodidae, is one of the largest and most numerous armadillos in South America.

The big hairy armadillo or large hairy armadillo, Chaetophractus villosus, of the family Dasypodidae, is one of the largest and most numerous armadillos in South America.

Armadillos sometimes feed on Greater Rhea eggs; nests have been found which had been undermined by a Six-banded Armadillo (Euphractus sexcinctus) or a Big Hairy Armadillo (Chaetophractus villosus) and the rhea eggs were broken apart.