Doedicurus

Doedicurus (Doedicurus clavicaudatus) was an animal with a very sharp tail. They were known and named for their tails. So, Doedicurus meant "pestle tail". The tail was spiky, and they could severely injure another animal if they hit them hard. The whole Doedicurus was strong. The shell was hard, the tail was very strong, and their feet and legs were armoured. Their heads were armoured as well.

Doedicurus were mammals, in a group called edentate. They were also herbivores, that ate vegetation. Their closest living relatives are armadillos. They looked like armadillos, a lot. They were about 4 metres long and 1.5 metres high. Next to a Smilodon, they looked huge. They lived 2 million years-15,000 years ago, in the Pleistocene period. Their home continents were South and North America. They were extremely successful, and some myths say that they were around when the first humans on South America came. They also lived through a few Ice Ages.