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The greater fairy armadillo is a small species, growing to a length of from 140 to 175 millimetres (5.5 to 6.9 in) with a tail about 35 millimetres (1.4 in) long and weighing up to a kilogram (2.2 lb). Like other armadillos it has bands of armour on its dorsal (upper) surface but, in common with the pink fairy armadillo Chlamyphorus truncatus ...
Below is a taxonomy of the extant species of armadillos in this family. Family Chlamyphoridae. Subfamily Chlamyphorinae. Genus Calyptophractus. Greater fairy armadillo, Calyptophractus retusus; Genus Chlamyphorus. Pink fairy armadillo, Chlamyphorus truncatus; Subfamily Euphractinae. Genus Euphractus. Six-banded armadillo, Euphractus sexcinctus ...
Chlamyphorinae. Bonaparte, 1850. Genera. Calyptophractus, Fitzinger, 1871. Chlamyphorus, Harlan, 1825. 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 pink fairy armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus) is the smallest species of armadillo, first described by Richard Harlan in 1825. [3] This solitary, desert-adapted animal is endemic to the deserts and scrub lands of central Argentina. [4] The pink fairy armadillo is closely related to the only other fairy armadillo, the greater fairy armadillo.
The smallest species of armadillo, the pink fairy armadillo, weighs around 85 g (3.0 oz) and is 13–15 cm (5.1–5.9 in) in total length. The largest species, the giant armadillo, can weigh up to 54 kg (119 lb), and can be 150 cm (59 in) long. [16]
Tolypeutes. The genus Tolypeutes contains the two species of three-banded armadillos. They are restricted to open and semi-open habitats in South America. Of the several armadillo genera, only Tolypeutes rely heavily on their armor for protection. When threatened by a predator, Tolypeutes species frequently roll up into a ball.
Family Chlamyphoridae – fairy armadillos, giant armadillos, and more Subfamily Chlamyphorinae – fairy armadillos Genus Calyptophractus – greater fairy armadillo; Genus Chlamyphorus – pink fairy armadillo; Subfamily Euphractinae. Genus Chaetophractus – hairy armadillo; Genus Euphractus – six-banded armadillo; Genus Zaedyus – pichi ...
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] 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 ...