Long-nosed armadillos

Long-nosed armadillos

Order : Xenarthra
Family : Dasypodidae
Subfamily : Dasypodinae
Genus : Dasypus

Facts about the genus Dasypus, the long-nosed armadillos

While Dasypus is considered to be an indicator of mild winters, recovered extralimital taxa such as the red-backed vole (Clethrionomys sp. (Full text)

The name Dasypus is derived from the word for rabbit. (Full text)

The reproductive biology of armadillos of the genus Dasypus is unique among vertebrates because females give birth to sets of monozygotic siblings, quadruplets in the case of D. (Full text)

The word Dasypus is derived from the Latin word for rabbit,. (Full text)

(Dasypus is derived from the same Greek root as the family name. (Full text)

Delichon dasypus Asian House-Martin Although David and Gosselin (2002b) established that Delichon is neuter, dasypus is invariable. (Full text)