
آرمادیلوی شاخدار
Sign in to savethumb|Skull of P. ferox Peltephilus, the horned armadillo, is an extinct genus of armadillo xenarthran mammals that first inhabited Argentina during the Oligocene epoch, and became extinct in the Miocene epoch. Notably, the scutes on its head were so developed that they formed horns. Aside from the horned gophers of North America, it is the only known fossorial horned mammal.
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- Parent taxon
- Peltephilidae
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- Peltephilus ferox.JPG
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