2014年巴西世界杯的吉祥物已經確定為一只的三色犰狳(又稱：鎧鼠)。犰狳在巴西是瀕危動物。此前，巴西世界杯組委會在其國內開展了為吉祥物征名的活動，總共170萬人參與了此次活動并從三個候選名字“Amijubi”、“Fuleco”和“Zuzeco”中選出Fuleco確定為2014年世界杯吉祥物的官方名稱。

Fuleco是Futebol(足球)+Ecologia(生態(tài))的合成詞，吉祥物本身和名字將環(huán)保理念融入了足球，體現(xiàn)了這屆世界杯注重環(huán)保的理念。

Brazil’s 2014 FIFA World Cup mascot, a blue and yellow armadillo...now officially has a name. Following an online vote, the armadillo was baptized on Sunday as "Fuleco", a word which organisers say transmits a message of environmental awareness.

The name of the three-banded armadillo, an endangered species indigenous to Brazil, was announced on national television. The name Fuleco was chosen by 48 percent of the 1.7 million votes, trumping the two other options, Zuzeco and Amijubi. While nature’s version is light brown in color, FIFA’s armadillo is yellow with green eyes and a blue shell - the colours of the Brazilian flag - and will be holding a football. Three-banded armadillos live mainly in Brazil’s arid northeast and are threatened by destruction to their natural environment. They are unusual among armadillos in that they can roll up into a ball to defend themselves from predators.

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