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Cingulata, 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. [1]
Doedicurus (Ancient Greek δοῖδυξ "pestle" and oυρά "tail") is an extinct genus of glyptodont from South America containing one species, D. clavicaudatus.Glyptodonts are a member of the family Chlamyphoridae, which also includes some modern armadillo species, and they are classified in the superorder Xenarthra alongside sloths and anteaters.
A traditional charango made of armadillo, today superseded by wooden charangos, in Museu de la Música de Barcelona. Armadillo shells have traditionally been used to make the back of the charango, an Andean lute instrument. In certain parts of Central and South America, armadillo meat is eaten; it is a popular ingredient in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Armadillo Aerospace was an aerospace startup company based in Mesquite, Texas. Its initial goal was to build a crewed suborbital spacecraft capable of space tourism , [ 2 ] and it had also stated long-term ambitions of orbital spaceflight .
Red: anteater, yellow: armadillo, blue: sloth, orange: both anteater and armadillo, green: both armadillo and sloth, purple: anteater, armadillo and sloth Xenarthra ( / z ɛ ˈ n ɑːr θ r ə / ; from Ancient Greek ξένος , xénos, "foreign, alien" + ἄρθρον , árthron, "joint") is a major clade of placental mammals native to the ...
Superorder Syncarida. Order Anaspidacea Calman, 1904; Order Bathynellacea Chappuis, 1915; Order †Palaeocaridacea; Superorder †Eocarida. Order †Eocaridacea; Order †Pygocephalomorpha; Superorder Peracarida. Order Amphipoda (Includes freshwater shrimp and sandhoppers) Order Cumacea (Hooded shrimp) Order Isopoda (Isopods - includes wood ...
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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