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Peltephilus

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Kingdom
  
Class
  
Order
  
Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Superorder
  
Xenarthra

Family
  
Peltephilus Peltephilus ferox Spinops

Similar
  
Stegotherium, Amebelodon, Pampatheriidae, Euphractinae, Megistotherium

Peltephilus ferox, the horned armadillo, is an extinct species of dog-sized, armadillo xenarthran mammal which 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 protecting its eyes. Aside from the horned gophers of North America, it is the only known fossorial horned mammal.

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Although it had traditionally been perceived as a carnivore because of its large, triangular-shaped teeth, Vizcaino and Farina argued in 1997 that Peltephilus was a herbivore.

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Peltephilus Horned Armadillo Peltephilus ferox

References

Peltephilus Wikipedia