Dasypodidae
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Dasypodidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Cingulata.
- (sensu lato) All the armadillos and their apparent close relatives.
- (sensu stricto) The armadillos of genus Dasypus and their extinct closest relatives.
Usage notes edit
- The broad (sensu lato) circumscription of Dasypodidae has been found paraphyletic. Genera other than Dasypus now constitute Chlamyphoridae.
Synonyms edit
- (family sensu stricto): Dasypodinae - subfamily
Hypernyms edit
- (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Cingulata - order
Hyponyms edit
- (family (sensu lato)): Dasypodinae, Euphractinae, Tolypeutinae - subfamily
- Cabassous, Chaetophractus, Chlamyphorus, Dasypus, Euphractus, Priodontes, Tolypeutes, Zaedyus - genera
- (family (sensu stricto)): Dasypodinae - sole subfamily
Coordinate terms edit
- (family (sensu stricto)): Chlamyphoridae, †Pampatheriidae - families
References edit
Dasypodidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Dasypodidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Dasypodidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
