Dasypodidae
| Dasypodidae Temporal range: Early Eocene to present | |
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| Dasypus novemcinctus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Cingulata Gray, 1821 |
| Family: | Dasypodidae Gray, 1821 |
| Type genus | |
| Dasypus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Genera | |
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Dasypodidae, from Ancient Greek δασύς (dasús), meaning "hair", and πούς (poús), meaning "foot", is a family of mostly extinct genera of armadillos. One genus, Dasypus, is extant, with at least seven living species.