Facts about Pink Fairy Armadillo

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   Classified as data deficient by the IUCN, the pink fairy armadillo is extremely difficult to study in the wild and rarely survives in captivity.

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   Nocturnal and solitary, the pink fairy armadillo spends most of its life underground, using powerful front claws to move through sandy soil like a swimmer.

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   Pale pink coloration of the pink fairy armadillo's shell comes from blood vessels visible through the thin, translucent carapace.

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   A flattened, shell-like dorsal plate called the dorsal shield covers the pink fairy armadillo's back and is used to plug the entrance of its burrow.

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   The pink fairy armadillo is the smallest armadillo species in the world, native to the dry grasslands and sandy plains of central Argentina.

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