CHLAMYPHORIDAE, Bonaparte, 1850

Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2018, Chlamyphoridae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 8 Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 48-71 : 48

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6623975

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6623922

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scientific name

CHLAMYPHORIDAE
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Family CHLAMYPHORIDAE View in CoL

(CHLAMYPHORID ARMADILLOS)

• Fairly small to large with osseous carapace covering backs, heads, and, in most species, tails; large anterior Class for digging; and omnivorous, carnivorous, or insectivores with simple and homodont teeth.

• 14-150 cm. View Figure

• Neotropical Region. View Figure

Deserts, savannas, and forests from cold temperate zones to tropics.

• 3 genera, 13 species, 20 taxa.

• 2 species Vulnerable; none extinct since 1600.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Cingulata

Family

Chlamyphoridae

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