Chlamyphorinae

Chlamyphorinae is a subfamily of South American armadillos in the family Chlamyphoridae. Members of this subfamily, the fairy armadillos, are largely fossorial and have reduced eyes and robust forearms with large claws for digging.^[2]

Fairy armadillo Temporal range: Late Miocene-Recent[1]
Chlamyphorus truncatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Cingulata
Family:	Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily:	Chlamyphorinae Bonaparte, 1850
Genera
Calyptophractus, Fitzinger, 1871 Chlamyphorus, Harlan, 1825

Taxonomy

The subfamily has two monotypic genera:^[2][3][4]

• Calyptophractus, greater fairy armadillo
• Chlamyphorus, pink fairy armadillo

Phylogeny

Chlamyphorinae is the sister group of Tolypeutinae (giant, three-banded and naked-tailed armadillos), as shown below.

Cladogram[4][5][3]

Cingulata Dasypodidae Chlamyphoridae Euphractinae Euphractus sexcinctus Zaedyus pichiy Chaetophractus villosus Chaetophractus nationi C. vellerosus †Glyptodontinae (Doedicurus) Chlamyphorinae Chlamyphorus truncatus Calyptophractus retusus Tolypeutinae Priodontes maximus Tolypeutes T. tricinctus T. matacus Cabassous C. tatouay C. chacoensis C. centralis C. unicinctus