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minus-squaresnooggums@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·9 months agoI looked it up and xenarthra is a super order and armadillos are in xenarthra with the rest of the ones I was thinking of.
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 months agoOh neat, TIL!
minus-squarenBodyProblem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoWhat about the pangolin?
minus-squaresnooggums@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoApparently since pangolin scales are more like having fingernails all over it doesn’t count as armor.
minus-squarekemsat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoI think they mean that giant sloths are related to armadillos & pangolins
minus-squarenBodyProblem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoPangolins aren’t in Xanarthra though
minus-squarekemsat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoThen I’m not sure, but I thought pangolin armor was modified hair, not skin
I looked it up and xenarthra is a super order and armadillos are in xenarthra with the rest of the ones I was thinking of.
Oh neat, TIL!
What about the pangolin?
Apparently since pangolin scales are more like having fingernails all over it doesn’t count as armor.
I think they mean that giant sloths are related to armadillos & pangolins
Pangolins aren’t in Xanarthra though
Then I’m not sure, but I thought pangolin armor was modified hair, not skin