Chlamyphorinae is a subfamily of South American

armadillo Armadillos (meaning "little armored ones" in Spanish) are New World placental mammals in the order Cingulata. The Chlamyphoridae and Dasypodidae are the only surviving families in the order, which is part of the superorder Xenarthra, along wi ...

s in the family Chlamyphoridae. Members of this subfamily, the fairy armadillos, are largely

fossorial A fossorial () animal is one adapted to digging which lives primarily, but not solely, underground. Some examples are badgers, naked mole-rats, clams, meerkats, and mole salamanders, as well as many beetles, wasps, and bees. Prehistoric eviden ...

and have reduced eyes and robust forearms with large claws for digging. __TOC__

Taxonomy

The subfamily has two monotypic genera: *'' Calyptophractus'', greater fairy armadillo *'' Chlamyphorus'', pink fairy armadillo

Phylogeny

Chlamyphorinae is the

sister group In phylogenetics, a sister group or sister taxon, also called an adelphotaxon, comprises the closest relative(s) of another given unit in an evolutionary tree. Definition The expression is most easily illustrated by a cladogram: Taxon A and t ...

of Tolypeutinae ( giant, three-banded and naked-tailed armadillos), as shown below.

References

Armadillos Mammal subfamilies Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte {{mammal-stub