***Brazilian three-banded armadillo, Tolypeutes tricinctus

+ indicates extinct taxon

Evolution

The earliest armadillos appeared in South America during the early Eocene epoch, around 52-55 million years ago. The modern groups of armadillos are thought to have diverged from each other in the Eocene. Recent morphological and genetic evidence indicates that the large glyptodonts and pampatheres,

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