Biology:Chaetophractus
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Short description: Genus of mammals belonging to the armadillo order of xenarthrans
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| Big hairy armadillo (C. villosus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Cingulata |
| Family: | Chlamyphoridae |
| Subfamily: | Euphractinae |
| Genus: | Chaetophractus Fitzinger, 1871 |
| Type species | |
| Dasypus villosus Desmarest, 1804
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Chaetophractus is a small genus of armadillos in the family Chlamyphoridae. It contains the following three species:
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Chaetophractus vellerosus | Screaming hairy armadillo | Central and southern parts of South America |
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Chaetophractus villosus | Big hairy armadillo | The Pampas and Patagonia as far south as Santa Cruz, Argentina and Magallanes, Chile |
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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 nationi is probably a junior synonym of Chaetophractus vellerosus and the genus Chatophractus may be paraphyletic.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Gardner, A.L. (2005). "Order Cingulata". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. 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. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=11700023.
- ↑ 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. https://academic.oup.com/jmammal/article/96/4/673/846208.
- ↑ 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. PMID 26556496.
Wikidata ☰ Q611493 entry
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