Description Dasypus vellerosus
Date 1865
Source Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865 (http://biodiversitylibrary.org/item/90412#page/420/mode/1up)
Author Joseph Wolf (1820–1899) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Wolf
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DasypusVellerosusWolf.jpg

The screaming hairy armadillo (Chaetophractus vellerosus) is a species of armadillo also known as the small screaming armadillo, crying armadillo or the small hairy armadillo. It is a burrowing armadillo found in the central and southern parts of South America. The adjective "screaming" derives from its habit of squealing when handled or threatened. The animal was first described by J. E. Gray in 1865 from a specimen in the British Museum collected from Santa Cruz de la Sierra in eastern Bolivia as Dasypus vellerosus. Order: Cingulata, Family: Chlamyphoridae, Genus: Chaetophractus, Species: Chaetophractus vellerosus (Gray, 1865).