Dasypus

From Latin dasypus cucurbitinus (“gourd-like rabbit”), a mistaken calque of Classical Nahuatl āyōtōchin (“armadillo”), as though it were from ayohtli (“gourd”) +‎ tōchin (“rabbit”); in fact it is from āyōtl (“tortoise”) +‎ tōchin (“rabbit”).

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Dasypodidae – the long-nosed or naked-tailed armadillos.

• (genus): Cachicama, Cachicamus, Cataphractus, Cryptophractus, Hyperoambon, Loricatus, Muletia, Praopus, Tatu, Tatua, Tatus, Tatusia, Zonoplites - genera

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Cingulata - order; Dasypodidae - family; Dasypodinae - subfamily

• (genus): Dasypus novemcinctus (nine-banded armadillo) - type species; Dasypus hybridus (southern long-nosed armadillo), Dasypus kappleri (greater long-nosed armadillo), Dasypus pilosus (hairy long-nosed armadillo), Dasypus sabanicola (Llanos long-nosed armadillo), Dasypus septemcinctus (seven-banded armadillo), Dasypus yepesi (Yepes's mulita or Yunga's lesser long-nosed armadillo) - species

• †Anadasypus

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