Pink Fairy Armadillo
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| Pink fairy armadillo[1] | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia purol |
| Order: | Cingulata |
| Family: | Dasypodidae |
| Subfamily: | Euphractinae |
| Genus: | Chlamyphorus Harlan, 1825 |
| Species: | C. truncatus |
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| Chlamyphorus truncatus Harlan, 1825 |
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The Pink Fairy Armadillo or Pichiciego is the smallest species of armadillo. It is found in central Argentina where it lives in dry grasslands and sandy plains. The Pink Fairy Armadillo's body is 84–117 mm long and its tail is 27-35 mm long. They usually weigh 85 grams. Their armor is a pale pink, and their legs are covered with little white hairs.[3]
References [change]
- ↑ Gardner, A. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. eds. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
- ↑ "Chlamyphorus truncatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2009. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/4704. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ↑ Nowak, Ronald (1999). Ronald Nowak. ed. Walker's mammals of the world. 1 (illustrated ed.). JHU Press. pp. 166. ISBN 0801857899.
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