Biology:Chaetophractus

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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
120px Chaetophractus vellerosus Screaming hairy armadillo Central and southern parts of South America
120px Chaetophractus villosus Big hairy armadillo The Pampas and Patagonia as far south as Santa Cruz, Argentina and Magallanes, Chile
120px 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[1][2].

Chaetophractus nationi is probably a junior synonym of Chaetophractus vellerosus and the genus Chatophractus may be paraphyletic.[3][4]

References

  1. A., Carlini, Alfredo; Esteban, Soibelzon; Damián, Glaz (2016-09-19). "Chaetophractus vellerosus (Cingulata: Dasypodidae)" (in en). Mammalian Species 48 (937). doi:10.1093/m. ISSN 0076-3519. https://academic.oup.com/mspecies/article/48/937/73/2613754. 
  2. "Chaetophractus vellerosus (screaming hairy armadillo) | INFORMATION | Animal Diversity Web". https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Chaetophractus_vellerosus/. 
  3. 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://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01925892. 
  4. 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. 

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