| Chaetophractus[1] | |
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| Big Hairy Armadillo (Chaetophractus villosus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Cingulata |
| Family: | Dasypodidae |
| Subfamily: | Euphractinae |
| Genus: | Chaetophractus Fitzinger, 1871 |
| Species | |
Chaetophractus is a small genus of armadillos in the Dasypodidae family. It contains the following three species:
Members of the genus are endemic to the continent of South America. They are found in the central and southern countries such as Argentina Bolivia, Chile, and Paraguay.
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