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Fairy Armadillos
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Fairy Armadillos

Chlamyphorinae

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 subfamily is the sister group of Tolypeutinae (giant, three-banded and naked-tailed armadillos). Chlamyphorinae contains the following genera:

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2 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Chlamyphorus

genusChlamyphorus

Calyptophractus

genusCalyptophractus

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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 846208.