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  2. Giant armadillo - Wikipedia

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    The giant armadillo prefers termites and some ants as prey, and often consumes the entire population of a termite mound. It also has been known to prey upon worms, larvae and larger creatures, such as spiders and snakes, and plants. [4] Some giant armadillos have been reported to have eaten bees by digging into beehives. [5]

  3. Macroeuphractus - Wikipedia

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    Macroeuphractus is a genus of extinct armadillos from the Late Miocene to Late Pliocene of South America.The genus is noted for its large size, with Macroeuphractus outesi being the largest non-pampathere or glyptodont armadillo discovered, as well as its specializations for carnivory, unique among all xenarthrans.

  4. Armadillo - Wikipedia

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    The giant armadillo grows up to 150 cm (59 in) and weighs up to 54 kg (119 lb), while the pink fairy armadillo has a length of only 13–15 cm (5–6 in). When threatened by a predator, Tolypeutes species frequently roll up into a ball; they are the only species of armadillo capable of this.

  5. Video captures rare sighting of armadillo quadruplets. Here's ...

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    The largest species, appropriately called the giant armadillo, averages five feet long and 60 pounds ― however, one captive specimen has been measured at 180 pounds.

  6. List of cingulates - Wikipedia

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    Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus). Cingulata is an order of armored placental mammals.Members of this order are called cingulates, or colloquially, armadillos.They are primarily found in South America, though the northern naked-tailed armadillo is found mainly in Central America and the nine-banded armadillo has a range extending into North America.

  7. Giant armadillo fossil reveals humans were in South America a ...

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    Along with three perforated giant sloth bones found in Brazil that archaeologists believe humans used as pendants 25,000 to 27,000 years ago, the butchered armadillo bones suggest that humans were ...

  8. Nine-banded armadillo - Wikipedia

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    The nine-banded armadillo has been rapidly expanding its range both north and east within the United States, where it is the only regularly occurring species of armadillo. The armadillo crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico in the late 19th century, and was introduced in Florida at about the same time by humans.

  9. He stumbled onto a large tusk in a Mississippi creek. It ...

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    Having scoured creek banks in Mississippi since he was a kid, Templeton has made several stunning extinct mammal finds, including a mastodon mandible, numerous bones from a giant armadillo ...