Chlamyphoridae

Translingual

Etymology

Chlamys +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Chlamyphoridae

Certain armadillos.
1. (sensu stricto) A taxonomic family within the order Cingulata – the cingulates in genus Chlamyphorus. (pichiciegos, truncated armadillos, pink fairy armadillos) and sometimes Calyptophractus retusus (greater fairy armadillos) [since c. 1870]
2. (sensu lato) A taxonomic family within the order Cingulata – all cingulates except those in genus Dasypus. [since 2016]

Synonyms

(family sensu stricto): Chlamyphorinae - subfamily

Hypernyms

(family): 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

Hyponyms

(family sensu stricto): Chlamyphorus truncatus (pink fairy armadillo), Calyptophractus retusus) (greater fairy armadillo, syn. Chlamyphorus retusus) - species
(family sensu lato): Dasypus, Calyptophractus, Chaetophractus, Euphractus, Zaedyus, Cabassous, Priodontes, Tolypeutes - genera

See also

References

Chlamydophoridae in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Chlamyphoridae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Chlamyphoridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Chlamyphoridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Dasypodidae in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.

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