Dasypodidae

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Dasypodidae is the biological family comprising the living armadillos, small to medium-sized armored mammals native mainly to the Americas.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Dasypodidae canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mammal family ⓘ
belongsToClade Xenarthra ⓘ
characteristic bony armor shell ⓘ
elongated snout ⓘ
powerful digging claws ⓘ
small to medium body size ⓘ
class Mammalia ⓘ
closestExtantRelatives anteaters ⓘ
sloths ⓘ
commonName armadillos ⓘ
conservationConcern some species threatened by habitat loss ⓘ
diet insectivorous ⓘ
omnivorous ⓘ
ecologicalRole insect predator ⓘ
soil bioturbator ⓘ
firstScientificDescriptionBy John Edward Gray ⓘ
firstScientificDescriptionYear 1821 ⓘ
habitat forests ⓘ
grasslands ⓘ
savannas ⓘ
scrublands ⓘ
hasMember Calyptophractus ⓘ
Chaetophractus ⓘ
Chlamyphorus ⓘ
Dasypus ⓘ
Euphractus ⓘ
Priodontes ⓘ
Tolypeutes ⓘ
Zaedyus ⓘ
hasNotableSpecies Dasypus novemcinctus ⓘ
linked to: Dasypus

Priodontes maximus ⓘ
linked to: Priodontes
infraclass Eutheria ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
locomotion quadrupedal ⓘ
nativeTo Americas ⓘ
Central America ⓘ
North America ⓘ
South America ⓘ
order Cingulata ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproduction placental ⓘ
sensoryAdaptation well-developed sense of smell ⓘ
subclass Theria ⓘ
taxonRank family ⓘ
typeGenus Dasypus ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Xenarthra → hasLivingFamilies → Dasypodidae ⓘ
Chlamyphoridae → distinguishedFrom → Dasypodidae ⓘ
Cingulata → includes → Dasypodidae ⓘ