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Top: Science: Biology: Flora_and_Fauna: Animalia: Chordata: Mammalia: Xenarthra: Dasypodidae

The Dasypodidae or armadillos are the only surviving family in the order Cingulata, part of the superorder Xenarthra. The word armadillo is Spanish for "little armored one". There are approximately 10 genera and around 20 species of armadillo.

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