Pink Fairy Armadillo
The Pink Fairy Armadillo is a type of mammal Friend that debuted in the original Kemono Friends mobile game. She has since been redesigned and has appeared in Kemono Friends Pavilion.
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| AKA | pichiciego
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| Romaji | Himearumajiro
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| Debut | Kemono Friends (2015 Game) | ||
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| Scientific Name | Chlamyphorus truncatus
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| Distribution | Argentina
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| Diet | Omnivore
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| Avg. Lifespan | ?
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| Read More | Pink fairy armadillo
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| Conservation |  Data Deficient | ||
| Pink Fairy Armadillo | Festival | Pavilion | KF3 | Nexon Game | Gallery |
Appearance
Pink Fairy Armadillo has long, straight white hair with a braided crown that fades to pink. Her side bangs and ponytail are also tipped with a pale pink. She has a long set of pink scales that go over the top of her head and run down the back of her ponytail, which is held in place by a hairband with a large translucent blue ribbon that appears like fairy wings. Her eyes are a reddish brown with light green highlighting. She has a small pink armadillo tail.
She wears a strapless white one piece outfit with pumpkin shorts that has a pink ribbon with green tassels tied in the middle. She has a white fur collar, pink gloves with a similar white trim, and white mid-calf socks with the same features. Over these she wears white sneakers with pink soles and toes.
Her old design has pink hair, with a white braided crown and side bangs. Instead of a line of scales, the entire ponytail is pink and the ribbon isn’t translucent. Her eyes are fully green, as is the ribbon on her one piece outfit, which appears more like a dress. She wears fluffy white arm warmers with pink scales on them and strapless pink shoes with white pom poms and bands above them.
Series Appearances
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In Real Life
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Pink fairy armadillos. Photo by Cliff, 2008.
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The Pink Fairy Armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus) is small species of armadillo that is endemic to the xeric deserts of central Argentina. It is a solitary critter which can be found in sandy plains, dunes, and grassland areas.
They have silky soft yellow-white fur and small eyes, but the most distinctive feature is their dorsal armor shell and spatula-shaped tail. The shell itself is attached to the body only by a thin membrane. One unusual feature is the lack of visible ears; they are one of very few mammals to not have visible external ears (others include the echidna and platypus). The typical size is 90–115 mm (3.5–4.5 in) long and weighs about 120 g (4.2 oz.).
Like other armadillos, Pink Fairy Armadillos are nocturnal animals that burrow into the ground to sleep. They have been found south of Mendoza province as well as north of Rio Negro and south of Buenos Aires. As a subterranean animal, they are very sensitive to environmental changes and stress. This makes them very difficult to care for in captivity.
Classified as a fossorial generalist insectivore, ants and larvae are the main food source while underground. While above ground, they can also eat worms, snails, insects, and even leaves and roots. Interestingly, some captive Pink Fairies willingly accepted fruits such as watermelons and avocadoes.
As mentioned previously, these creatures do not do well in captivity. The survival rate is so low that many will die in transport from where they were captured to their new area of captivity. Pink Fairies that are put into captivity typically do not last longer than a few hours or at most eight days. Not a single specimen has survived more than four years. These factors, on top of evolutionary distinctiveness, the restricted geographic range, ongoing threats, and rarity, make conservation extremely urgent for the Pink Fairy Armadillo.
Trivia
- The Pink Fairy Armadillo was first described by paleontologist Richard Harlan in 1825
- They are the smallest living armadillo
- They prefer dry soil, and will abandon their burrow if it becomes moist due to rain
- At present, fairy armadillos have the least molecular data available within the armadillo family.
- There are two (2) living species of Fairy Armadillo: the Pink Fairy Armadillo and the Greater Fairy Armadillo
References
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_fairy_armadillo
- Delsuc, F.; Superina, M.; Tilak, M.-K.; Dousery, E.; Hassanin, A. (2012). "Molecular phylogenetics unveils the ancient evolutionary origins of the enigmatic fairy armadillos". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 62 (2): 673–680. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.11.008. PMID 22122941.
- Borghi, C. E; Campos, C. M.; Giannoni, S. M.; Campos, V. E.; Sillero-Zubiri, C. (2011). "Updated Distribution of the Pink Fairy Armadillo, Chlamyphorus truncatus, the World's Smallest Armadillo". Sloth and Armadillo Specialist Group. 1: 14–19. doi:10.5537/020.012.0103. hdl:11336/56208. S2CID 86143688.
- Superina, M (2011). "Husbandry of a Pink Fairy Armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus): Case Study of a Cryptic and Little Known Species in Captivity". Zoo Biology. 30 (2): 225–231. doi:10.1002/zoo.20334. PMID 20648566.
- Lowrie, Katharine and Lowrie, David (23 October 2014). "Roast Armadillo-a recipe for extinction." The Independent Blogs.
- Corrigan, Bob ed. "Chlamyphorus truncates." Encyclopedia of Life.