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  2. Cingulata - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Xenarthra - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. Armadillo - Wikipedia

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    A traditional charango made of armadillo, today superseded by wooden charangos, in Museu de la Música de Barcelona.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.

  5. Doedicurus - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Cabassous - Wikipedia

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    Northern naked-tailed armadillo: from Chiapas in southern Mexico to western Colombia, northwestern Ecuador and northwestern Venezuela C. chacoensis: Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo: the Gran Chaco region of western Paraguay and north-central Argentina C. tatouay: Greater naked-tailed armadillo

  7. Dasypodidae - Wikipedia

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    Below is a taxonomy of armadillos in this family. Family Dasypodidae † Genus Acantharodeia † Genus Amblytatus † Genus Archaeutatus † Genus Astegotherium † Genus Barrancatatus

  8. Chaetophractus - Wikipedia

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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

  9. Dasypus - Wikipedia

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    †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.