Chaetophractus
| Chaetophractus[1] | |
|---|---|
| Big hairy armadillo (C. villosus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Cingulata |
| Family: | Chlamyphoridae |
| Subfamily: | Euphractinae |
| Genus: | Chaetophractus Fitzinger, 1871 |
| Type species | |
| Dasypus villosus Desmarest, 1804
| |
| Species | |
Chaetophractus is a small genus of armadillos in the family Chlamyphoridae. It contains the following three species:
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chaetophractus vellerosus | Screaming hairy armadillo | Central and southern parts of South America | |
| Chaetophractus villosus | Big hairy armadillo | The Pampas and Patagonia as far south as Santa Cruz, Argentina and Magallanes, Chile | |
| Chaetophractus nationi | Andean hairy armadillo | Bolivia, in the region of the Puna; the departments of Oruro, La Paz, and Cochabamba, Bolivia and northern Chile |
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.
Chaetophractus vellerosus typically digs burrows in area of native woodlands and calcareous soils. These burrows vary in direction or depth, and individuals do not use to the same burrow once they leave it.[2][3]
Chaetophractus nationi is probably a junior synonym of Chaetophractus vellerosus and the genus Chatophractus may be paraphyletic.[4][5]
References
- ^ Gardner, A.L. (2005). "Order Cingulata". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ A., Carlini, Alfredo; Esteban, Soibelzon; Damián, Glaz (2016-09-19). "Chaetophractus vellerosus (Cingulata: Dasypodidae)". Mammalian Species. 48 (937). doi:10.1093/m (inactive 1 November 2025). ISSN 0076-3519. Archived from the original on 2024-05-17.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2025 (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Chaetophractus vellerosus (screaming hairy armadillo) | INFORMATION | Animal Diversity Web". animaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ^ Abba, Agustín M.; Cassini, Guillermo H.; Valverde, Guido; Tilak, Marie-Ka; Vizcaíno, Sergio F.; Superina, Mariella; Delsuc, Frédéric (2015-08-03). "Systematics of hairy armadillos and the taxonomic status of the Andean hairy armadillo (Chaetophractus nationi)". Journal of Mammalogy. 96 (4): 673–689. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyv082. ISSN 0022-2372.
- ^ Gibb, Gillian C.; Condamine, Fabien L.; Kuch, Melanie; Enk, Jacob; Moraes-Barros, Nadia; Superina, Mariella; Poinar, Hendrik N.; Delsuc, Frédéric (2016-03-01). "Shotgun Mitogenomics Provides a Reference Phylogenetic Framework and Timescale for Living Xenarthrans". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 33 (3): 621–642. doi:10.1093/molbev/msv250. ISSN 0737-4038. PMC 4760074. PMID 26556496.