Chlamyphoridae
Family of armadillos
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Through Basal (phylogenetics)
Classification
Below is a taxonomy of the extant species of armadillos in this family.
Family Chlamyphoridae
- Subfamily Chlamyphorinae
- Genus Calyptophractus
- Greater fairy armadillo, Calyptophractus retusus
- Genus Chlamyphorus
- Pink fairy armadillo, Chlamyphorus truncatus
- Genus Calyptophractus
- Subfamily Euphractinae
- Genus Euphractus
- Six-banded armadillo, Euphractus sexcinctus
- Genus Zaedyus
- Pichi, Zaedyus pichiy
- Genus Chaetophractus
- Screaming hairy armadillo, Chaetophractus vellerosus
- Big hairy armadillo, Chaetophractus villosus
- Andean hairy armadillo, Chaetophractus nationi
- Genus Euphractus
- Subfamily Tolypeutinae
- Genus Cabassous
- Greater naked-tailed armadillo, Cabassous tatouay
- Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo, Cabassous chacoensis
- Northern naked-tailed armadillo, Cabassous centralis
- Southern naked-tailed armadillo, Cabassous unicinctus
- Genus Priodontes
- Giant armadillo, Priodontes maximus
- Genus Tolypeutes
- Southern three-banded armadillo, Tolypeutes matacus
- Brazilian three-banded armadillo, Tolypeutes tricinctus
- Genus Cabassous
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Phylogeny
Chlamyphoridae, like Dasypodidae, is a basal clade within Cingulata, as shown below.
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