This animal has pale pink skin and a lovely face that makes even the scientific community have a heart attack.

One of the cutest-looking animals in the world is the pink armadillo (scientific name is Chlamyphorus truncatus). According to biologist Cecilia Krmpotic, the unique feature of mammals is their double skin, which during maturity will thicken, while the bone scales act as a coat or cape. cover the animal’s inner layer, the white fur will be exposed.

However, in nature there are also up to 19 other species of armadillo that have only one layer of skin on the back, covering scales and bone scales that form the animal’s armor.

The pink fairy armadillo is 15cm in size, weighs about 100 grams, they are distributed in central Argentina, the pink fairy armadillo lives in burrows by digging with sharp claws, their food chain is ants and insects. Besides, thanks to its flexible and light back shield, it can adapt to the shape of the tunnels under the cave.

Expert Krmpotic shares: “The bony scales that form the pelvis tend to fuse with each other and with the pelvic girdle and sacrum (the fused vertebrae between the pelvic bones). The pelvic shield acts as a piston, compacting the sediment in the back part of the tunnel as it advances.”

Pink fairy armadillos are sometimes taken illegally from the wild to be kept or sold on the black market as pets, but they cannot actually survive in captivity. Most die within eight days of being removed from their habitat. The conservation status of the pink fairy armadillo remains uncertain and it is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species; its population decline is often attributed to agricultural practices. and carnivores include domestic dogs and cats.

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