#Cingulata

[mammalianmammals]

Giant Armadillo (Priodontes maximus), family Chlamyphoridae, found in northern central South America

The largest species of armadillo, weighing up to  80 kg (180 lb), and reaching a length of up to 100 cm (39 in) (length w/o tail).

photograph by ICAS 2023

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

[taxonomytournament]

Taxonomy Tournament: Mammals

Didelphidae. This order is made up of the opossums, known for playing dead and in some species having prehensile tails. They are the only marsupials native to North America.

Cingulata. This order is made up of armadillos, small mammals with a leathery shell.

[arthistoryanimalia]

Fun fact: #DYK of the 21 living species of Armadillos (Order Cingulata), only the Three-Banded Armadillos (Tolypeutes genus, 2 species) can roll up into a ball like this.

Graham Sutherland (British, 1903-1980) Armadillo, 1968 Lithograph from the Bestiary series 6.59 x 5.00 cm Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū

[obscurefossils]

Kraglievichia

Kraglievichia was a genus of cingulate mammal from the Late Miocene to Early Pliocene periods. Its type species is K. paranense. Its second known species is K. carinatum. The known specimens were found in Argentina and Uruguay. Though initially described in 1883, Kraglievichia was not properly named until 1927.

Its autapomorphy from similar relatives is its distinct osteoderm ornamentation, which consists of significantly deep longitudinal depressions with a longitudinal central elevation. It is the most conspicuously ornamented pampatheriid known currently.

The known specimens of Kraglievichia consist of osteoderms, a left femur, and a well-preserved skull without any teeth. Due to their extreme similarity, Kraglievichia is regarded as the sister taxon to Scirrotherium, the genus that K. carinatum was originally assigned to. It was hypothesized that Holmesina evolved from Kraglievichia, but due to the fact there are no known immediate South American basal forms of Holmesina, this is unlikely. A third species, "K." floridanus, was named in 1976, but this was later found to be a species of Holmesina instead. 

Citations: The 1927 description seems entirely lost, at least online; if you happen to have access to this paper please let me know. 1883 description (page 66 of pdf) as Chlamydotherium; "Scirrotherium" carinatum description; "S." carinatum reassignment.

Wikipedia article: here

[snototter]

Southern Three-Banded Armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus) 

by Josh More

[heartnosekid]

vishalvjadhav on ig

[jackseverywhere]

Thank you for your incredibly kind words about my fic, and for the reblog! Yes I would be honored if you drew them!! The way you draw PJS and the band is pure serotonin, and I'd be thrilled to see your interpretation of what I wrote 💙💛

Just an Earthbound Misfit by Cingulata

¨That was just how they always were. Just how the band always was, really. But it was in front of a camera this time. And that got everyone's attention.¨

OhohohahahahahaaAAaaaaA!!!! And this is just the beginning!!!

Man, I said I was gonna do this, like, a hundred years ago! and I barely had the courage to start. I really pushed myself into making a fan art worthy of this job and that made me make no progress at all.

But I don’t want to wait any longer! I’m just going to chill and have fun. Of course, I hope you like it, sorry it took so long.

[cyanocoraxx]

here is new baby Earthmover trying to move the earth... a truly sisyphean task

[feltycartoons]

Finished reading the latest He's a Keeper chapter. We're really in it now guys.

[mammalianmammals]

Screaming Hairy Armadillo (Chaetophractus vellerosus), family Chlamyphoridae, order Cingulata, found in South-central SOuth America

photograph by Clyde Nishimura/Smithsonian's National Zoo

Listen to one here:

This Armadillo Screams So Loud | #shorts #armadillo (youtube.com)

[onenicebugperday]

@thewandererfromarles​ submitted: Hi! A colleague of mine found this fellow recently, located in [removed] (more specifically at the city of [removed] or at least I think so. And please hide the location, thank you ^^)

They said it has a sort of proboscis and it excreted a yellow substance, if that info helps! These are the clearer photos they got of it

Makes sense that it had a lil mouth tube and excreted honeydew! This is normal for true bug hoppers. This little angel appears to be Monecphora cingulata, which is a type of froghopper!

[taxonomytournament]

Taxonomy Tournament: Mammals

Pilosa. This order, meaning ''hairy'', is made up of anteaters and sloths.

Cingulata. This order is made up of armadillos, small mammals with a leathery shell.

[annina-dietzenbacher-photography]

Scolopendra cingulata, Cité de la Musique, Paris

Annina Dietzenbacher - October 2023

[cetacean-central]

A lil native bee sketch!

This is the Blue Banded Bee!

Or Amegilla cingulata.

They’re found throughout mainland Australia!

We’ve been learning about eucalyptus trees in class so I thought I’d draw some gumnut blossoms!

[snototter]

A Mediterranean banded centipede (Scolopendra cingulata) in Hérault, France

by Bernard DuPont