what are the armadillo varieties?
There are six living sloth, four anteater, and 20 species of armadillos. A recent study confirmed that the Andean hairy armadillo (Chaetophractus nationi) is a synonym of (i.e., the same species as) the screaming hairy armadillo (C. vellerosus), which reduced the number of extant armadillo species from 21 to 20.
The average armadillo measures around 75cm in length, including the tail but the giant armadillo can grow to more than 1.5m long and the miniature pink fairy armadillo (the smallest armadillo species) only gets to around 10cm in length.