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Three-banded, Giant, and Naked-tailed Armadillos
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Three-banded, Giant, and Naked-tailed Armadillos

Tolypeutinae

Tolypeutinae is a subfamily of armadillos in the family Chlamyphoridae, consisting of the giant, three-banded and naked-tailed armadillos. The subfamily is the sister group of Chlamyphorinae, the fairy armadillos. It contains the following three extant genera:

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3 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 8 known species

Naked-tailed Armadillos

genusCabassous

Three-banded Armadillos

genusTolypeutes

Giant armadillos

genusPriodontes

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 846202.