Pichi

This article is about the animal. For the plant, see Fabiana imbricata. For the language, see Pichinglis.

Pichi
Temporal range: Tortonian–Recent
Model at Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cingulata
Family: Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily: Euphractinae
Genus: Zaedyus
Ameghino, 1889
Species:
Z. pichiy
Binomial name
Zaedyus pichiy
Desmarest, 1804
Range of Zaedyus pichiy
Synonyms

Dasypus minutus Desmarest, 1822
Loricatus pichiy Desmarest, 1804

The pichi (Zaedyus pichiy), dwarf armadillo or pygmy armadillo is an armadillo native to Argentina. It is the only living member of the genus Zaedyus,[2] and the only armadillo to hibernate. Fossil remains from the Cerro Azul Formation indicate this species had already evolved during the late Miocene epoch.[3]

  1. ^ Superina, M. & Abba, A.M. (2014). "Zaedyus pichiy". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. IUCN: e.T23178A47443734. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T23178A47443734.en.
  2. ^ Gardner, A.L. (2005). "Order Cingulata". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. ^ Esteban, Graciela I.; Nasif, Norma L.; Montalvo, Claudia I. (2021). "Nuevos registros de Dasypodidae (Xenarthra) del Mioceno tardío de la Provincia de La Pampa, Argentina". Spanish Journal of Palaeontology (in Spanish). 16 (1): 77. ISSN 2255-0550.