Tolypeutinae

Tolypeutinae is a subfamily of armadillos in the family Chlamyphoridae, consisting of the giant, three-banded and naked-tailed armadillos.^[2][3][4]

Tolypeutinae[1] Temporal range: Late Oligocene to present
Captive giant armadillo in Colombia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Cingulata
Family:	Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily:	Tolypeutinae Gray, 1865
Genera
Cabassous McMurtrie, 1831 †Kuntinaru Billet et al., 2011 Priodontes F. Cuvier, 1825 Tolypeutes Illiger, 1811 †Vetelia Ameghino, 1891

Taxonomy

It contains the following genera:^[5]

• Cabassous
• †Kuntinaru^[6]
• Priodontes
• Tolypeutes
• †Vetelia^[7]

Phylogeny

Tolypeutinae is the sister group of Chlamyphorinae, the fairy armadillos, as shown below.

Cladogram[4][3][8]

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