Chaetophractus

• Screaming hairy armadillo Chaetophractus vellerosus

  

  A hairy armadillo of dry regions, with fur showing between the plates of its armor. In hot summer weather it stays in burrows and is active at night.

• Big hairy armadillo Chaetophractus villosus

  

  The big hairy armadillo lives in grasslands, forests and other habitats in South America. Flexible bony plates cover its back, with hair beneath the plates and along the sides of the body.

• Screaming hairy armadillo Chaetophractus vellerosus

  

  A hairy armadillo of dry regions, with fur showing between the plates of its armor. In hot summer weather it stays in burrows and is active at night.

• Big hairy armadillo Chaetophractus villosus

  

  The big hairy armadillo lives in grasslands, forests and other habitats in South America. Flexible bony plates cover its back, with hair beneath the plates and along the sides of the body.