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The giant armadillo is the largest living species of armadillo, with 11 to 13 hinged bands protecting the body and a further three or four on the neck. [6] Its body is dark brown in color, with a lighter, yellowish band running along the sides, and a pale, yellow-white head.
The largest glyptodonts like Doedicurus reached a height of 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) and 4 metres (13 ft) in length, with a body mass of over two tonnes. The body of glyptodonts was covered in a large immobile carapace made up of hundreds of bony scutes/ osteoderms , with the underside of the body and the top of the head also being protected with ...
Glyptodon (lit. ' grooved or carved tooth '; from Ancient Greek γλυπτός (gluptós) 'sculptured' and ὀδοντ-, ὀδούς (odont-, odoús) 'tooth') [1] is a genus of glyptodont, an extinct group of large, herbivorous armadillos, that lived from the Pliocene, around 3.2 million years ago, [2] to the early Holocene, around 11,000 years ago, in South America.
A traditional charango made of armadillo, today superseded by wooden charangos, in Museu de la Música de Barcelona. Armadillo shells have traditionally been used to make the back of the charango, an Andean lute instrument. In certain parts of Central and South America, armadillo meat is eaten; it is a popular ingredient in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Macroeuphractus is a genus of extinct armadillos from the Late Miocene to Late Pliocene of South America.The genus is noted for its large size, with Macroeuphractus outesi being the largest non-pampathere or glyptodont armadillo discovered, as well as its specializations for carnivory, unique among all xenarthrans.
Cut marks found on giant armadillo fossils suggest the presence of early humans in what’s now Argentina more than 20,000 years ago — far earlier than once thought.
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Tolypeutinae is a subfamily of armadillos in the family Chlamyphoridae, consisting of the giant, three-banded and naked-tailed armadillos. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Taxonomy