Dasypodidae

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Dasypodidae
Temporal range:
Early Eocene
to present
Dasypus novemcinctus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cingulata
Gray, 1821
Family: Dasypodidae
Gray, 1821
Type genus
Dasypus
Linnaeus, 1758
Genera

Dasypodidae is a family of mostly extinct genera of armadillos. One genus, Dasypus, is extant, with at least seven living species.

Classification

Below is a taxonomy of armadillos in this family.

Family Dasypodidae

Phylogeny

Dasypodidae, like

D. kappleri
is basal within Dasypodidae.

Cladogram of Cingulata[1][2][3]
 Cingulata 
Dasypodidae
Dasypus
D. (
Hyperoambon
)

D. kappleri

D. (Dasypus)

D. septemcinctus

D. hybridus

D. yepesi

D. sabanicola

D. novemcinctus

D. pilosus

 Chlamyphoridae 

References