Pink fairy armadillo

Pink fairy armadillo[1]
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Superorder:	Xenarthra
Order:	Cingulata
Family:	Dasypodidae
Subfamily:	Euphractinae
Genus:	Chlamyphorus
Binomial name
	Chlamyphorus truncatus;
	Pink fairy armadillo range

The pink fairy armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus) or pichiciego is the smallest species of armadillo. It is found in central Argentina where it lives in dry grasslands and sandy plains.

The armadillo's body is 84–117 mm long and its tail is 27-35 mm long. They usually weigh 85 grams. Their armor is a pale pink, and their legs are covered with little white hairs.[3] There is not enough information to say whether it is an endangered species.

References

Gardner, A. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
"Chlamyphorus truncatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
Nowak, Ronald (1999). Ronald Nowak (ed.). Walker's mammals of the world. Vol. 1 (illustrated ed.). JHU Press. p. 166. ISBN 0801857899.

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[msw3-1] Gardner, A. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[iucn-2] "Chlamyphorus truncatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2011.

[3] Nowak, Ronald (1999). Ronald Nowak (ed.). Walker's mammals of the world. Vol. 1 (illustrated ed.). JHU Press. p. 166. ISBN 0801857899.