These creatures are the only surviving family within Order Cingulata. The pampas of Argentina are home to the so-called "pink fairy" species of this animal, the smallest known. In South America, a musical instrument called the charango was traditionally made from this animal. They're not rodents or monkeys, but these animals are useful to science because they are one of the few non-humans capable of contracting (*) leprosy. This animal comes in "long- nosed" and "hairy" species, but the best known species may be the three, seven, and nine-banded varieties. For ten points, name this mammal with an armor shell, that rol
These creatures are the only surviving family within Order Cingulata. The pampas of Argentina are home to the so-called "pink fairy" species of this animal, the smallest known. In South America, a musical instrument called the charango was traditionally made from this animal. They're not rodents or monkeys, but these animals are useful to science because they are one of the few non-humans capable of contracting (*) leprosy. This animal comes in "long- nosed" and "hairy" species, but the best known species may be the three, seven, and nine-banded varieties. For ten points, name this mammal with an armor shell, that rolls up into a ball for self-defense.
These creatures are the only surviving family within Order Cingulata.