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Cingulata (from Latin cingulāta, meaning "the girdled ones"), [1] part of the superorder Xenarthra, is an order of armored New World placental mammals. Dasypodids and chlamyphorids, the armadillos, are the only surviving families in the order. [2]
Below is a taxonomy of armadillos in this family. Family Dasypodidae † Genus Acantharodeia † Genus Amblytatus † Genus Archaeutatus † Genus Astegotherium † Genus Barrancatatus
†Beautiful armadillo (Dasypus bellus) is an extinct armadillo species found in North and South America about 2.5 million to 11,000 years ago. It is much larger than current-day species at about 2.5 times the size of the normal nine-banded armadillo and had much thicker, more robust armor.
A video shows a rare sighting of armadillo quadruplets in Texas. Here are 8 fun facts about the species that you probably don't know.
The word armadillo means ' little armored one ' in Spanish; [2] [3] it is derived from armadura ' armor ', with the diminutive suffix -illo attached. While the phrase little armored one would translate to armadito normally, the suffix -illo can be used in place of -ito when the diminutive is used in an approximative tense. [4]
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; ... The name is the Latinised form of the Kalini word for "armadillo". [2] Cladogram of living Cabassous [3] Cabassous:
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Screaming hairy armadillo: Central and southern parts of South America Chaetophractus villosus: Big hairy armadillo: The Pampas and Patagonia as far south as Santa Cruz, Argentina and Magallanes, Chile Chaetophractus nationi: Andean hairy armadillo