Pichi
| Pichi Temporal range: | |
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| Model at Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Cingulata |
| Family: | Chlamyphoridae |
| Subfamily: | Euphractinae |
| Genus: | Zaedyus Ameghino, 1889 |
| Species: | Z. pichiy |
| Binomial name | |
| Zaedyus pichiy Desmarest, 1804 | |
| Range of Zaedyus pichiy | |
| Synonyms | |
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Dasypus minutus Desmarest, 1822 | |
The pichi (Zaedyus pichiy), dwarf armadillo or pygmy armadillo is an armadillo native to Argentina. It is the only living member of the genus Zaedyus, and the only armadillo to hibernate. Fossil remains from the Cerro Azul Formation indicate this species had already evolved during the late Miocene epoch.