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Dasypodids and chlamyphorids, the armadillos, are the only surviving families in the order. [1] Two groups of cingulates much larger than extant armadillos (maximum body mass of 45 kg (100 lb) in the case of the giant armadillo [ 2 ] ) existed until recently: pampatheriids , which reached weights of up to 200 kg (440 lb) [ 3 ] and chlamyphorid ...
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1.2 Superorder Xenarthra. 1.2.1 Order Cingulata (armadillos) ... Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item;
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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 ...
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.
The Archonta are a now-abandoned group of mammals, considered a superorder in some classifications, which consists of these orders: . Primates; Plesiadapiformes (extinct primate-like archontans)
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.