Chlamyphorinae
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| Fairy armadillo Temporal range: Late Miocene-Recent[1]
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| Chlamyphorus truncatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Cingulata |
| Family: | Chlamyphoridae |
| Subfamily: | Chlamyphorinae Bonaparte, 1850 |
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Chlamyphorinae is a subfamily of South American armadillos in the family Chlamyphoridae. Members of this subfamily, the fairy armadillos, are largely fossorial and have reduced eyes and robust forearms with large claws for digging.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]The subfamily has two monotypic genera:[2][3][4]
- Calyptophractus, greater fairy armadillo
- Chlamyphorus, pink fairy armadillo
Phylogeny
[edit | edit source]Chlamyphorinae is the sister group of Tolypeutinae (giant, three-banded and naked-tailed armadillos), as shown below.
| Cladogram[4][5][3] |
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