Brazil's Giant Armadillo, the Animal that Digs Holes, Is Actually an 'Architect' that Builds Tunnels to Protect Dozens of Species From Heat and Predators

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Under the ground of the Goiás Cerrado, the burrows of the giant armadillo function as shelters that other animals reuse. A camera-trap study collected 654 records of 32 vertebrate species in 20 guarded cavities between July 2023 and February 2024. The finding confirms that Priodontes maximus acts as an "ecosystem engineer." Protecting this mammal not only means keeping the largest armadillo alive, it also allows to maintain thermal shelters, res…