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The pink fairy armadillo has a unique ability to bury itself in a matter of seconds, using its specialized claws to dig into sandy or loamy soils. This behavior helps protect the armadillo from predators and extreme temperatures, as well as conserve moisture in its arid habitat.
Chlamyphorinae is a subfamily of South American armadillos in the family Chlamyphoridae. Members of this subfamily, the fairy armadillos, are largely fossorial and have reduced eyes and robust forearms with large claws for digging.
The smallest is the pink fairy armadillo, which is about six inches long and weighs approximately three ounces, ... Another key feature of this species is its claws, which are used to dig up ...
Taxidermied pink fairy armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus)Chlamyphoridae is a family of cingulate mammals. While glyptodonts have traditionally been considered stem-group cingulates outside the group that contains modern armadillos, there had been speculation that the extant family Dasypodidae could be paraphyletic based on morphological evidence.
Pink fairy armadillo. Pisces is the sign of the whimsical, the fantastical and the hard to believe, and there is perhaps no creature on this list more evocative of that whimsy than the impossibly ...
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.
The Earth is home to some amazing animals, and many of them are well-known. Everybody knows how quick cheetahs are, how big elephants can grow, and how adorable chipmunks can be. But there are ...
Nine-banded armadillo Pink fairy armadillo Screaming hairy armadillo Six-banded armadillo Southern three-banded armadillo. The armadillos are small mammals with a bony armored shell. All 21 extant species are found in South America, where they originated.