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Dasypodidae

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Dasypodidae

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Also known as dasypodids, dasypodid

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

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Dasypodidae is a family within the kingdom Animalia, phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, and order Cingulata. The taxon originated approximately 59 million years ago. It is classified at the rank of family, with the scientific and canonical name Dasypodidae.

Records of this family have been documented in Panama, the United States, and Bolivia. These occurrences are held by institutions including USNM, UF, and UCMP. There are 84,303 occurrence records and 283 individual records associated with the group, six of which include media.

The family is the subject of 1,306 PubMed entries and is referenced by 176 other encyclopedia articles. Visual materials related to Dasypodidae are available in a Commons gallery and category.

Synthesized by Vinony from 22 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, PubMed, Gbif Occ, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Dasypodidae

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassMammalia
  4. OrderCingulata
  5. FamilyDasypodidae
Observations recorded84,303

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
283
With media
6
Family
Dasypodidae
Collections
USNM, UF, UCMP
Recorded in
Panama, United States, Bolivia

Research

1,306 papers

via PubMed

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Cingulata
Image
Nine-banded Armadillo.jpg
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Commons category
Dasypodidae
taxon name
Dasypodidae
taxon rank
family
topic's main category
Category:Armadillos
Commons gallery
Dasypodidae
means of locomotion
rolling
different from
Dasypus
start time
58700000-0
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Sources (4)

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Encyclopedic overview

3 sections
Contents
  • Classification
  • Phylogeny
  • References

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

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