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Dasypodidae Gray 1821
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Description
Family DASYPODIDAE
(LONG-NOSED ARMADILLOS)
• Smallto medium-sized with bony scutes on top and sides of body, on top and front of head, and covering entire tail; long snout with small, peg-like teeth; and short strong limbs with sharp Class for burrowing and foraging.
• 40-100 cm.
• Nearctic and Neotropical Regions.
• Forests, savannas, and riparian areas.
• 1 genus, 7 species, 14 taxa.
• No species threatened; none Extinct since 1600.
Notes
Published as part of Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2018, Dasypodidae, pp. 30-47 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 8 Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 30, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6631721
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- Gray
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Cingulata
- Family
- Dasypodidae
- Taxon rank
- family
- Taxonomic concept label
- Dasypodidae Gray, 1821 sec. Mittermeier & Wilson, 2018