Euphractinae

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Euphractinae
Temporal range: Middle Eocene (Casamayoran)-Recent
~50–0  Ma
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Chaetophractus vellerosus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cingulata
Family: Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily: Euphractinae
Winge 1923
Genera
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Euphractinae is an armadillo subfamily in the family Chlamyphoridae.

Contents

Euphractinae are known for having a well developed osteoderm that has large cavities filled with adipose tissue, and more hair follicles with well developed sebaceous glands in comparison to the Dasypodidae sub family. These are believed to be evolutionary adaptations in the Euphractinae to support it in the cooler climate that it usually lives in. [1]

Taxonomy

It contains the following genera: [2]

Extinct genera include: [3]

Phylogeny

A mitochondrial DNA investigation has concluded that Euphractinae is the sister group of a clade consisting of Chlamyphorinae (fairy armadillos) and Tolypeutinae (giant, three-banded and naked-tailed armadillos) [4] along with extinct glyptodonts, [5] as shown below.

Cladogram [5] [6] [7]
Cingulata

References

  1. ↑ Krmpotic, C.M.; Ciancio, M.R.; Barbeito, C.; Mario, R.C.; Carlini, A.A. (2009). "Osteoderm morphology in recent and fossil euphractine xenarthrans". Acta Zoologica. 90 (4): 339–351. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6395.2008.00359.x.
  2. ↑ "Euphractinae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 22 March 2011.
  3. ↑ Mitchell, Kieren J.; Scanferla, Agustin; Soibelzon, Esteban; Bonini, Ricardo; Ochoa, Javier; Cooper, Alan (2016). "Ancient DNA from the extinct South American giant glyptodont Doedicurus sp. (Xenarthra: Glyptodontidae) reveals that glyptodonts evolved from Eocene armadillos". Molecular Ecology. 25 (14): 3499–3508. Bibcode:2016MolEc..25.3499M. doi:10.1111/mec.13695. hdl: 11336/48521 . PMID   27158910. S2CID   3720645.
  4. ↑ Gibb, G. C.; Condamine, F. L.; Kuch, M.; Enk, J.; Moraes-Barros, N.; Superina, M.; Poinar, H. N.; Delsuc, F. (2015-11-09). "Shotgun Mitogenomics Provides a Reference Phylogenetic Framework and Timescale for Living Xenarthrans". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 33 (3): 621–642. doi:10.1093/molbev/msv250. PMC   4760074 . PMID   26556496.
  5. 1 2 Delsuc, F.; Gibb, G. C.; Kuch, M.; Billet, G.; Hautier, L.; Southon, J.; Rouillard, J.-M.; Fernicola, J. C.; Vizcaíno, S. F.; MacPhee, R. D. E.; Poinar, H. N. (2016-02-22). "The phylogenetic affinities of the extinct glyptodonts". Current Biology. 26 (4): R155 –R156. Bibcode:2016CBio...26.R155D. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.01.039 . hdl: 11336/49579 . PMID   26906483.
  6. ↑ Upham, Nathan S.; Esselstyn, Jacob A.; Jetz, Walter (2019). "Inferring the mammal tree: Species-level sets of phylogenies for questions in ecology, evolution and conservation". PLOS Biol. 17 (12): e3000494. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000494 . PMC   6892540 . PMID   31800571.
  7. ↑ Gibb, Gillian C.; Condamine, Fabien L.; Kuch, Melanie; Enk, Jacob; Moraes-Barros, Nadia; Superina, Mariella; Poinar, Hendrik N.; Delsuc, Frédéric (2015). "Shotgun Mitogenomics Provides a Reference PhyloGenetic Framework and Timescale for Living Xenarthrans". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 33 (3): 621–642. doi:10.1093/molbev/msv250. PMC   4760074 . PMID   26556496.
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