Euphractinae - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Euphractinae is a subfamily of armadillo

Armadillo

Armadillos are New World placental mammals, known for having a leathery armor shell. Dasypodidae is the only surviving family in the order Cingulata, part of the superorder Xenarthra along with the anteaters and sloths. The word armadillo is Spanish for "little armored one"...

in the Dasypodidae family. It contains the following genera:

Calyptophractus
Chaetophractus
Chaetophractus
Chaetophractus is a small genus of armadillos in the Dasypodidae family. It contains the following three species:*Screaming Hairy Armadillo, Chaetophractus vellerosus*Big Hairy Armadillo, Chaetophractus villosus...

Hairy Armadillos
Chlamyphorus
Euphractus six-banded armadillos
Zaedyus pichis

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