Chaetophractus Fitzinger 1871 (hairy armadillo)
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Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Parent taxon: Euphractini according to E. Soibelzon et al. 2010
See also Carroll 1988 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Anutaetus, Chorobates, Eodasypus, Hemiutaetus, Holozaedyus, Isutaetus, Macroeuphractus, Mazzoniphractus, Neophractus, Paleuphractus, Paraeuphractus, Parutaetus, Proeuphractus, Zaedyus
Subtaxa: Chaetophractus vellerosus Chaetophractus villosus
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (17 collections), Bolivia (3), Uruguay (1)
• Pliocene of Argentina (2)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (1)
Total: 24 collections including 25 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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