Dasypodidae
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Translingual
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/9-banded-armadillo.jpg/220px-9-banded-armadillo.jpg)
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