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What species are armadillos?

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14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

Armadillos are placental mammals.

Scientific Classification:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Superorder: Xenarthra

Order: Cingulata

Family: Dasypodidae

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