Dasypodidae

Dasypodidae
Temporal range: Early Eocene to present
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

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.