Skeleton of a giant armadillo in the National History Museum in Londen.
In the Natural History Museum in Londen stands a complete skeleton of the extinct giant armadillo Glyptodon. The animal had the size of a Volkswagen beetle and his weight was about a ton. The relatives living nowadays in South America are considerably smaller. The species became extinct only about 15, 000 years ago. Darwin found a nearly complete skeleton of this animal. Know more? Glyptodon	In the foreground three specimens of Taxodon, a giant extinct relative of Capybara. These are the biggest rodents that ever existed. In the background is the Macrauchenia, which Darwin thought to be a llama but which was in fact a tapir. Darwin has collected bones of these animals. Know more? Macrauchenia Capybara

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