Cabassous unicinctus

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Superordo: Xenarthra Ordo: Cingulata

Familia: Chlamyphoridae
Subfamilia: Tolypeutinae
Genus: Cabassous
Species: Cabassous unicinctus

Name

Cabassous unicinctus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lectotype (icnotype): figure 3 of the plate 30 of Seba (1734).
Type locality: “Africa” corrected to “l'Amérique” by Buffon (1763), and restricted to “Surinam” by Thomas (1911: 141)

Combinations

Dasypus unicinctus Linnaeus, 1758: 50 [original combination]
Cabassous unicinctus: Palmer, 1899: 72 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

Dasypus undecimcinctus Illiger, 1815: 109 [nomen nudum]
Dasypus multicinctus Thunberg, 1818: 68
- Holotype: UUZM 320.
- Type locality: Brazil.
Dasypus verrucosus Wagner, 1844: 172
- Type material: Unknown.
- Type locality: French Guiana.
Ziphila lugubris Gray, 1873: 23
- Lectotype: BMNH 1855.8.28.7.
- Type locality: Guyana.

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.
Thomas, O. 1911. The Mammals of the Tenth Edition of Linnaeus; an Attempt to fix the Types of the Genera and the exact Bases and Localities of the Species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 81(1): 120–158. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1911.tb06995.x BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Wetzel, R.M. 1980. Revision of the naked-tailed armadillos, genus Cabassous McMurtrie. Annals of Carnegie Museum 49: 323–357. BHL Reference page.

Links

IUCN: Cabassous unicinctus (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

català: Armadillo de cua nua meridional
English: Amazon Naked-tailed Armadillo
español: Armadillo de cola desnuda meridional
Nederlands: Zuidelijk kaalstaartgordeldier
polski: Kabassu
português do Brasil: Tatu-de-rabo-mole-pequeno
Runa Simi: Mullku
српски / srpski: Јужни голорепи оклопник

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