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

Wild at Heart Rescue, a nonprofit that rehabilitates injured and orphaned wildlife along the Gulf Coast, has come to the aid of overheated turtles, possums, armadillos and raccoons in recent days.

From New York Times

They have also been found in a few extinct mammal groups, like immense armadillo relatives called glyptodonts and giant ground sloths — whose skin armor the spiny mouse’s closely resembles.

From New York Times

Turning into an armadillo and letting things roll off his back, as he puts it, became a survival mechanism.

From Los Angeles Times

Out of all the mammals on their roster, the screaming hairy armadillo has the largest genome, with 5.3 billion chemical base pairs making up its genetic blueprint.

From Washington Post