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Dasypus[1] Dasypus novemcinctus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Cingulata Family: Dasypodidae Subfamily: Dasypodinae
Gray, 1821Genus: Dasypus
Linnaeus, 1758Species - Dasypus novemcinctus
- Dasypus septemcinctus
- Dasypus hybridus
- Dasypus sabanicola
- Dasypus kappleri
- Dasypus pilosus
- Dasypus yepesi
- †Dasypus bellus
Dasypus is a genus of armadillo in the Dasypodidae family. It is the only genus in the subfamily Dasypodinae and contains the following species:
- Nine-banded Armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus
- Seven-banded Armadillo, Dasypus septemcinctus
- Southern Long-nosed Armadillo, Dasypus hybridus
- Llanos Long-nosed Armadillo, Dasypus sabanicola
- Great Long-nosed Armadillo, Dasypus kappleri
- Hairy Long-nosed Armadillo, Dasypus pilosus
- Yepes's Mulita, Dasypus yepesi
- †Beautiful Armadillo, Dasypus bellus
References
- ^ Gardner, Alfred (16 November 2005). Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 94-95. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
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