Dasypus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cingulata
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Atlantogenata Superordo: Xenarthra Ordo: Cingulata

Familia: Dasypodidae
Subfamilia: Dasypodinae
Genus: Dasypus
Species (11): D. beniensis – D. fenestratus – D. guianensis – D. kappleri – D. mazzai – D. mexicanus – D. novemcinctus – D. pastasae – 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.
Barthe, M., Rancilhac, L., Arteaga, M.C., Feijó, A., Tilak, M.-K., Justy, F., Loughry, W.J., McDonough, C.M., de Thoisy, B., Catzeflis, F.M., Billet, G., Hautier, L., Nabholz, B. & Delsuc, F. 2024. Exon capture museomics deciphers the nine-banded armadillo species complex and identifies a new species endemic to the Guiana Shield. Systematic Biology in press. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syae027 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