hairy armadillo

English

Noun

hairy armadillo (plural hairy armadillos)

1. Certain species of armadillo found in South America.
   1. of species of Chaetophractus (family Chlamyphoridae)
      1. Andean hairy armadillo (Chaetophractus nationi), present in Bolivia
      2. big hairy armadillo (Chaetophractus villosus), one of the largest and most numerous armadillos in southern South America; peludo
      3. screaming hairy armadillo (Chaetophractus vellerosus), a burrowing armadillo found in the central and southern parts of South America
   2. hairy long-nosed armadillo (Dasypus pilosus) (family Dasypodidae), endemic to Peru

References

• “hairy armadillo”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• hairy armadillo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chaetophractus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Chaetophractus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Chaetophractus in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.