Priodontes maximus
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Cingulata |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Chlamyphoridae
Subfamilia: Tolypeutinae
Genus: Priodontes
Species: Priodontes maximus
Name
[edit]Priodontes maximus (Kerr, 1792)
Type locality: French Guiana, "Cayenne"
Synonyms
[edit]- Cheloniscus gigas Cuvier, 1817
- Dasypus gigans Schmid 1818
- Dasypus giganteus Geoffroy, 1803
- Dasypus gigas Cuvier, 1817
- Dasypus maximus Kerr, 1792 [Protonym]
- Priodonta gigas Cuvier, 1817
- Priodontes giganteus (Cuvier, 1814)
- Prionodon gigas Cuvier, 1817
- Prionodontes gigas Cuvier, 1817
- Prionodos gigas Cuvier, 1817
- Tatus grandis (Olfers, 1818)
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Kerr, R. 1792. The animal kingdom or zoological system, of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus. Class I. Mammalia. A. Strahan and T. Cadell: London; W. Creech: Edinburgh. XII + 30 unnumbered + 1–400 pp. BHL Reference page.
- Thomas, O. 1880. On mammals from Ecuador. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 48(3): 393–403, figs 1-3, pl. 38. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1880.tb06571.x BHL Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Linnaeus: Anim. Kingdom, p. 112.
- Leite Pitman, R., G. Powell, D. Cruz, M. Escobedo, K. Escobar, V. Vilca & A. Mendoza. 2004. Habitat use and activity of the giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus): Preliminary data from southeastern Peru. Book of Abstracts: Society for Conservation Biology Annual Meeting 2004. Columbia University, New York, USA. Available from http://www.conbio.org/images/content_about_scb/scb_2004_ny_abstracts.pdf and http://www.academia.edu/2314751/Habitat_Use_and_Activity_of_the_Giant_Armadillo_Priodontes_maximus_Preliminary_Data_from_Southeastern_Peru
- Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Priodontes maximus in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. - IUCN: Priodontes maximus (Kerr, 1792) (Vulnerable)
- Priodontes maximus (Kerr, 1792) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
- [1] Listed animal in CITES Appendix I
Vernacular names
[edit]español: Tatú Carreta, armadillo gigante
magyar: Óriástatu
日本語: オオアルマジロ
polski: Pancernik olbrzymi
português: tatu-canastra, tatuaçu