Dasypus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cingulata
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Superordo: Xenarthra Ordo: Cingulata

Familia: Dasypodidae
Subfamilia: Dasypodinae
Genus: Dasypus
Species (7): D. hybridus – D. kappleri – D. mazzai – D. novemcinctus – D. pilosus – D. sabanicola – D. septemcinctus

Name

Dasypus Linnaeus, 1758: 50

Type species: Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus, 1758, designated by linnaean tautonymy.

Synonyms

Cachicama Fitzinger, 1856
Cachicamus McMurtrie, 1831
Cataphractus Storr, 1780
Cryptophractus Fitzinger, 1856
Hyperoambon Peters, 1864
Loricatus Desmarest, 1804
Muletia Gray, 1874
Praopus Burmeister, 1854
Tatu Blumenbach, 1779
Tatua Robinson & Lyon, 1901
Tatus Olfers, 1818
Tatusia Lesson, 1827
Zonoplites Gloger, 1841

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Feijó, A. & Cordeiro-Estrela, P. 2014. The correct name of the endemic Dasypus (Cingulata: Dasypodidae) from northwestern Argentina. Zootaxa 3887(1): 88–94. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3887.1.6 Reference page.
Castro, M.C., Ciancio, M.R., Pacheco, V., Salas-Gismondi, R.M., Bostelmann, J.E. & Carlini, A.A. 2015. Reassessment of the hairy long-nosed armadillo “Dasypus” pilosus (Xenarthra, Dasypodidae) and revalidation of the genus Cryptophractus Fitzinger, 1856. Zootaxa 3947(1): 30–48. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.1.2. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Feijó, A. & Cordeiro-Estrela, P. 2016. Taxonomic revision of the Dasypus kappleri complex, with revalidations of Dasypus pastasae (Thomas, 1901) and Dasypus beniensis Lönnberg, 1942 (Cingulata, Dasypodidae). Zootaxa 4170(2): 271–297. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4170.2.3. Reference page.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Langnasengürteltiere
español: Armadillos
日本語: ココノオビアルマジロ属
한국어: 아홉띠아르마딜로속
русский: Девятипоясные броненосцы
svenska: Långnosade bältor
中文: 犰狳属

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