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    Armadillos are easily recognized by their bony armor plates covered in horny shields that allow some species to roll into a ball for protection. While they resemble pangolins which are covered in scales, armadillos are classified separately in the order Xenarthra. Armadillos have changed little from their mammalian ancestors and were already differentiated in the Paleocene era. They have simple cylindrical teeth without enamel that continuously grow, and can have up to 25 teeth in each jaw. Armadillos are nocturnal, diggers that eat insects and omnivorous diets as typical ghouls of Central and South America's tropical zones.

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    Armadillos are easily recognized by their bony armor plates covered in horny shields that allow some species to roll into a ball for protection. While they resemble pangolins which are covered in scales, armadillos are classified separately in the order Xenarthra. Armadillos have changed little from their mammalian ancestors and were already differentiated in the Paleocene era. They have simple cylindrical teeth without enamel that continuously grow, and can have up to 25 teeth in each jaw. Armadillos are nocturnal, diggers that eat insects and omnivorous diets as typical ghouls of Central and South America's tropical zones.

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    Armadillos are easily recognized by their bony armor plates covered in horny shields that allow some species to roll into a ball for protection. While they resemble pangolins which are covered in scales, armadillos are classified separately in the order Xenarthra. Armadillos have changed little from their mammalian ancestors and were already differentiated in the Paleocene era. They have simple cylindrical teeth without enamel that continuously grow, and can have up to 25 teeth in each jaw. Armadillos are nocturnal, diggers that eat insects and omnivorous diets as typical ghouls of Central and South America's tropical zones.

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    ARMADILLO

    Armadillos are mammals very easy to recognize, distinguishable by


    having an armor formed by bone plates covered by horny shields
    that serve as protection, and that in some genera allow the animal
    to roll up in the form of a ball.1 Externally they look a bit like the
    pangolins, mammals of Africa and Asia covered with huge scales or
    plaques, and that have similar habits. This is why they were
    classified in the same order in the past, but it is currently clear that
    they are not related, the armadillos belonging to the order (or
    superorder) Xenarthra and the pangolins to the order Pholidota.2
    The armadillos have separated very little from the Mammalian
    ancestral plan and are a very old group, already differentiated in
    the Paleocene.
    The armadillo teeth are simple and uniform cylindrical structures,
    without enamel and with open roots and continuous growth; their
    number is very high, up to 25 in each jaw.
    Armadillos are nocturnal and diggers. They are insectivorous and
    omnivorous ghouls typical of the tropical zone of Central and South
    America.

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