In all its bubblegum pink and white fur-trimmed eccentricity, the pink fairy armadillo looks like an imaginary little beast that might dwell solely in the illustrations of an ancient, mystical fairy tale. Or like a surreal creature that avant-garde designer Schiaparelli might have dreamed up to adorn an outlandish hat or to festoon the shoulders of a one-of-a-kind Dada coat.

The Smallest Armadillo in the World

Pink fairy armadillos are the smallest armadillos in the entire world and perhaps the most adorable. From the order Cingulata, which includes all 20 species of armadillo , the pink fairy armadillo, or pichiciego , hails from the family Chlamyphoridae , and its species name is Chlamyphorus truncatus . About the size of a hamster , it measures from 4 to 6 inches (1

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