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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
- †Beautiful Armadillo, Dasypus bellus
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Extant Cingulata (Armadillos) species by subfamily |
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| Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Infraclass: Eutheria · Superorder: Xenarthra |
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| Dasypodinae |
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Dasypus |
Nine-banded Armadillo (D. novemcinctus) · Seven-banded Armadillo (D. septemcinctus) · Southern Long-nosed Armadillo (D. hybridus) · Llanos Long-nosed Armadillo (D. sabanicola) · Greater Long-nosed Armadillo (D. kappleri) · Hairy Long-nosed Armadillo (D. pilosus) | |
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| Euphractinae |
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Calyptophractus |
Greater Fairy Armadillo (C. retusus) |
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Chaetophractus |
Screaming Hairy Armadillo (C. vellerosus) · Big Hairy Armadillo (C. villosus) · Andean Hairy Armadillo (C. nationi) |
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Chlamyphorus |
Pink Fairy Armadillo (C. truncatus) |
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Euphractus |
Six-banded Armadillo (E. sexcinctus) |
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Zaedyus |
Pichi (Z. pichiy) | |
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Cabassous |
Northern Naked-tailed Armadillo (C. centralis) · Chacoan Naked-tailed Armadillo (C. chacoensis) · Southern Naked-tailed Armadillo (C. unicinctus) · Greater Naked-tailed Armadillo (C. tatouay) |
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Priodontes |
Giant Armadillo (P. maximus) |
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Tolypeutes |
Southern Three-banded Armadillo (T. matacus) · Brazilian Three-banded Armadillo (T. tricinctus) | |
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Dasypus". Image Credit.
