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Chlamyphoridae Bonaparte 1850
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Description
Family CHLAMYPHORIDAE
(CHLAMYPHORID ARMADILLOS)
• Fairly small to large with osseous carapace covering backs, heads, and, in most species, tails; large anterior Class for digging; and omnivorous, carnivorous, or insectivores with simple and homodont teeth.
• 14-150 cm.
• Neotropical Region.
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Deserts, savannas, and forests from cold temperate zones to tropics.
• 3 genera, 13 species, 20 taxa.
• 2 species Vulnerable; none extinct since 1600.
Notes
Published as part of Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2018, Chlamyphoridae, pp. 48-71 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 8 Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 48, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6623975
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Related works
- Has part
- Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.6623977 (DOI)
- Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.6623979 (DOI)
- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.6623975 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/EB79FC22A20FFF91AA6D982E030C701A (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Chlamyphoridae
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Cingulata
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Bonaparte
- Taxon rank
- family
- Taxonomic concept label
- Chlamyphoridae Bonaparte, 1850 sec. Mittermeier & Wilson, 2018