armadillo
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Fish such as wolf fish, peacock bass, and South American lungfish were especially common, accompanied by reptiles including caimans and turtles, and mammals such as capybaras, pacas, and armadillos.
From Science Daily
“On my drive I saw an armadillo that looked like Kellyanne Conway. I almost ran it over out of spite,” one character quips.
From New York Times
The sanctuary is home to over 200 species of butterfly, as well as bobcats, armadillos, coyotes and tortoises.
From BBC
He surveyed Mexican deer, American crocodiles, Indian pythons, spiny dogfish, electric eels, armadillos and hundreds of other animals.
From Scientific American
Victoria Arbour, paleontology curator at Canada’s Royal British Columbia Museum, said the tail resembled those of giant extinct armadillos called glyptodonts.
From New York Times
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