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The Elusive Furry Pink Fairy Armadillo

Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Mammals Although this guy looks quite large, the pink fairy armadillo only grows to about 6 inches long.
ECOticias.com

The “pink fairy” has reappeared in a reserve in Mendoza, and its return confirms that an ecosystem that seemed silent still held an extraordinary surprise

A tiny burrowing mammal nicknamed the “pink fairy armadillo” has been recorded again inside the Ñacuñán Biosphere Reserve in Argentina’s Mendoza province. Park rangers and local residents confirmed ...
Mother Jones

Have You Ever Seen the Adorable Pink Fairy Armadillo? No? It’s…Amazing.

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AOL

These Creatures Are Almost Too Weird to Exist

Endangered Pink Fairy Armadillo, the world’s smallest armadillo species, adapted to sandy deserts and grasslands of Argentina© Harsha_Madusanka/Shutterstock.com ...
Indiatimes

Meet the ‘Pink Fairy’, the world’s smallest mammal that’s making a surprisingly big impact

Nature is home to incredible organisms, each with a unique role in maintaining biodiversity.When any of these organisms begin to disappear, due to endangerment amid land encroachment and changing ...
Scientific American

Pink Fairy Armadillos Have a Weird Double Skin Not Seen in Any Other Mammal

Journal of Zoology, researchers studied the microscopic anatomy of sections of pink fairy armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus) skin with and without osteoderms — bony plates embedded in the skin. In ...