Bolivia | Scientists get close look at one of world's rarest mammals: a tiny armadillo built to dig

The four-wheel-drive bumped over a rutted road. Rain that began as soon as they left the pavement was so thick that the road, compacted by traffic, became slippery, and the tires dug-in. It was 8 a.m.

At the wheel was Nick Mcphee, Australian conservationist-turned Bolivian ecotourism uber-specialist, and with him were Bolivian biologist Huáscar Bustillos Cayoja, environmental impact social biologist Paula Silva, and professional photographer Ivan Gutierrez.

https://news.mongabay.com/2020/12/sighting-of-super-rare-chacoan-fairy-armadillo-in-bolivia-a-dream-come-true/