From the ArcaMax Publishing, Trivia Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/trivia/s-178217-775814
The pichiciego is a little-known burrowing South American animal that is related to the armadillo, but is smaller in size. The ending of the animal's name is derived from the Spanish ciego, meaning "blind."
This news arrived on: 04/02/2007