Citations:tatu peba

a species of armadillo, from Tupi tatu (armadillo) apeba (low); compare tatou/tatu, peba

 * 1854, Charles Knight, The English Cyclopaedia: A New Dictionary of Universal Knowledge
 * The Peba, or, as it is commonly called in Brazil, Tatu-Peba, has 32 teeth, 8 on each side both of the upper and under jaws. It inhabits Guyana, Brazil, and Paraguay, is a timid nocturnal animal, tolerably swift-footed, and very expert in burrowing ...
 * 1886, HASTINGS CHARLES DENT, A YEAR IN BRAZIL, page 355:
 * valley of the upper Sao Francisco, though it does not make as many galleries as the tatu peba, we meet its burrows at every step. It is also seen in more inhabited places, even in the environs of Rio de Janeiro. &quot;The tatu-ete runs away with ...
 * 1925, Harvard Institute for Tropical Biology and Medicine, Contributions from the Department of Tropical Medicine and the Institute for Tropical Biology and Medicine. ...
 * ... of the species; tatu xima (Lysiurus unicinctus), which has an enormous nail and a tail covered with soft skin and small scattered, bony plates; tatu peba (Dasypus setosus), with rough hairs on the posterior border of the dorsal carapace.