Translingual

Proper noun

Dasypodidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Xenarthra – the armadillos and their apparent close relatives.

Usage notes

• The broad (sensu lato) circumscription of Dasypodidae has been found paraphyletic

Hypernyms

• (family): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Placentalia - cohort; Xenarthra - superorder; Cingulata - order

Hyponyms

• (family (sensu lato)): Dasypodinae, Euphractinae, Tolypeutinae - subfamily
  • Cabassous, Chaetophractus, Chlamyphorus, Dasypus, Euphractus, Priodontes, Tolypeutes, Zaedyus - genera
• (family (sensu stricto)): Dasypodinae - sole subfamily

Coordinate terms

• (family (sensu stricto)): Chlamyphoridae, †Pampatheriidae - families