Wild Wednesday: Three-Banded Armadillo 

An armadillo is any mammal representing the family Dasypodidae, the only extant family of the order Cingulata, there are over 22 extant species placed into nine genera and four subfamilies Taxonomy: • Family: Dasypodidae (Armadillos) •• Subfamily: Chlamyphorinae (Fairy Armadillos) ••• Genus: Calyptophractus (Greater Fairy Armadillo) •••• Species: Calyptophractus Retusus (Greater Fairy Armadillo) ••• Genus: Chlamyphorus (Pink Fairy Armadillo) •••• Species: Chlamyphorus Truncatus (Pink Fairy Armadillo) •• Subfamily: Dasypodinae (Long-Nosed Armadillos and Fossil Relatives) ••• Genus: Dasypus (Long-Nosed Armadillos) •••• Species: Dasypus Kappleri (Greater Long-Nosed Armadillo) •••• Species: Dasypus Mazzai (Lesser Long-Nosed Armadillo) •••• Species: Dasypus Sabanicola (Northern Long-Nosed Armadillo) •••• Species: Dasypus Hybridus (Southern Long-Nosed Armadillo) •••• Species: Dasypus Pilosus (Woolly Armadillo) •••• Species: Dasypus Septemcinctus (Seven-Banded Armadillo) •••• Species: Dasypus Novemcinctus (Nine-Banded Armadillo) •• Subfamily: Tolypeutinae (Three-Banded Armadillos, Giant Armadillo, and Naked-Tailed Armadillos) ••• Tribe: Tolypeutini (Three-Banded Armadillos and Fossil Relatives) •••• Genus: Tolypeutes (Three-Banded Armadillos) ••••• Species: Tolypeutes Tricinctus (Brazilian Three-Banded Armadillo) ••••• Species: Tolypeutes Matacus (La Plata Three-Banded Armadillo) ••• Tribe: Priodontini (Giant Armadillo and Naked-Tailed Armadillos) •••• Genus: Priodontes (Giant Armadillo) ••••• Species: Priodontes Maximus (Giant Armadillo) •••• Genus: Cabassous (Naked-Tailed Armadillos) ••••• Species: Cabassous Tatouay (Greater Naked-Tailed Armadillo) ••••• Species: Cabassous Chacoensis (Chacoan Naked-Tailed Armadillo) ••••• Species: Cabassous Centralis (Northern Naked-Tailed Armadillo) ••••• Species: Cabassous Unicinctus (Southern Naked-Tailed Armadillo) •• Subfamily: Euphractinae (Six-Banded Armadillos, Dwarf Armadillo, and Hairy Armadillos) ••• Tribe: Euphractini (Six-Banded Armadillos and Fossil Relatives) •••• Genus: Euphractus (Six-Banded Armadillos) ••••• Species: Euphractus Sexcinctus (Northern Six-Banded Armadillo) ••••• Species: Euphractus Tucumanus (Southern Six-Banded Armadillo) ••• Tribe: Zaedyini (Dwarf Armadillo and Hairy Armadillos) •••• Genus: Zaedyus (Dwarf Armadillo) ••••• Species: Zaedyus Pichiy (Dwarf Armadillo) •••• Genus: Chaetophractus (Hairy Armadillos) ••••• Species: Chaetophractus Villosus (Big Hairy Armadillo) ••••• Species: Chaetophractus Vellerosus (Screaming Hairy Armadillo) ••••• Species: Chaetophractus Nationi (Andean Hairy Armadillo)

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