Chlamyphoridae

Translingual

Etymology

Chlamys +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Chlamyphoridae

1. Certain armadillos.
   1. (sensu stricto) A taxonomic family within the order Cingulata – the cingulates in genus Chlamyphorus. (pichiciegos, truncated armadillos, pink fairy armadillos) and sometimes Calyptophractus retusus (greater fairy armadillos) [since c. 1870]
   2. (sensu lato) A taxonomic family within the order Cingulata – all cingulates except those in genus Dasypus. [since 2016]

Synonyms

• (family sensu stricto): Chlamyphorinae – subfamily

Hypernyms

• (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

• (family sensu stricto): Chlamyphorus truncatus (pink fairy armadillo), Calyptophractus retusus (greater fairy armadillo, syn. Chlamyphorus retusus) – selected species
• (family sensu lato): Cabassous, Calyptophractus, Chaetophractus, Chlamyphorus, Euphractus, Priodontes, Tolypeutes, Zaedyus – genera

See also

• Dasypodidae
• Chlamydophoridae

References

• “Chlamydophoridae”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• Chlamyphoridae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chlamyphoridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Chlamyphoridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Dasypodidae in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.