Dasypus Linnaeus 1758
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Dasypus Linnaeus, 1758
Dasypus Linnaeus, 1758:50.
Type species Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus, 1758, by Linnaean tautonomy.
Tatus Fermin, 1769:110. Unavailable name (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1963).
Tatu Frisch, 1775:table. Unavailable name (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1954).
Tatu Blumenbach, 1779:74.
Type species Tatu novemcinctus (= Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus) by monotypy.
Tatus Olfers, 1818:220. Part; incorrect subsequent spelling of Tatu Blumenbach, 1779.
Cataphractus Storr, 1780:40. No species mentioned, name included all armadillos known at that time.
Loricatus Desmarest, 1804:28. Part;
type species Loricatus niger Desmarest, 1804 (= Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus, 1758), by subsequent designation (Wetzel et al. 2008).
Tatusia Lesson, 1827:309. Part;
type species Dasypus peba Desmarest, 1822 (= Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus, 1758), by subsequent designation (Wetzel et al. 2008).
Cachicamus McMurtrie, 1831:163.
Type species Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation (Wetzel et al. 2008).
Cachicama P. Gervais in I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1835:53. Invalid emendation of Cachicamus McMurtrie.
Zonoplites Gloger, 1841:114. No species mentioned, name proposed for armadillos with 4 toes on forefeet, the 2 middle toes being longer than the outer toes.
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Praopus Burmeister, 1854:295.
Type species Dasypus longicaudus Wied-Neuwied, 1826, by monotypy.
Cryptophractus Fitzinger, 1856:123.
Type species Cryptophractus pilosus Fitzinger, 1856, by monotypy.
Hyperoambon W. Peters, 1864:180.
Type species Dasypus pentadactylus W. Peters, 1864, by subsequent designation (Wetzel and Mondolfi 1979:56); valid as a subgenus.
Muletia Gray, 1874:244.
Type species Dasypus septemcinctus: Gray, 1874, by monotypy (= Loricatus hybridus Desmarest, 1804; not Dasypus septemcinctus Linnaeus, 1758).
Tatua W. Robinson and Lyon, 1901:161. Incorrect subsequent spelling of Tatu Blumenbach, 1779.
Mulletia Yepes, 1928:506. In synonymy; incorrect subsequent spelling of Muletia Gray, 1874.
Mulietia Talmage and Buchanan, 1954:80. Incorrect subsequent spelling of Muletia Gray, 1874.
CONTEXT AND CONTENT. Order Cingulata, family Dasypodidae, subfamily Dasypodinae, genus Dasypus. Within the genus Dasypus, Wetzel et al. (2008) recognized 7 living species: Dasypus novemcinctus, which occurs both in the Nearctic and the Neotropics; and 6 Neotropical species, D. hybridus, D. kappleri, D. pilosus, D. sabanicola, D. septemcinctus, and D. yepesi. However, Castro et al. (2015) recently suggested that D. pilosus should be reassigned to the genus Cryptophractus Fitzinger, 1856. Synonymy is modified from Wetzel et al. (2008).
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- Chordata
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- Cingulata
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- Dasypodidae
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- Dasypus Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Abba & Superina, 2016
References
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- FERMIN, P. 1769. Description generale, historique, geographique, et physique de la colonie de Surinam, contenant ce qu'il y a de plus curieux & de plus remarquable, touchant sa situation, ses rivieres, ses forteresses; son gouvernement & sa police; avec les moeurs & les usages des habitants naturels du pais, & des Europeens qui y sont etablis; ainsi que des eclaircissements sur l'oeconomie generale des esclaves negres, sur les plantations & leurs produits, les arbres fruitiers, les plantes medecinales, & toutes les diverses especes d'animaux qu'on y trouve, & c. E. van Harrevelt, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE. 1963. Opinion 660. Suppression under the plenary powers of seven sepcific names of turtles (Reptilia, testudines). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 20: 187 - 190.
- FRISCH, J. L. 1775. Das Natur-System der vierfussigen Thiere in Tabellen, darinnen alle Ordnungen, Geschlechte und Arten, nicht nur mit bestimmenden Benennungen, sondern beygesetzten unterscheidenden Kennzeichen angezeigt werden zum Nutzen der erwachsenen Schuljugend. Christian Friedrich Gunther, Glogau, Prussia.
- INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE. 1954. Opinion 258. Rejection for nomenclatural purposes of the work by Frisch (J. L.) published in 1775 under the title " Das Natur-System der vierfussigen Thiere ". Opinions and Declarations Rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, London 5: 245 - 252.
- BLUMENBACH, J. F. 1779. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte. Johann Christian Dieterich, Gottingen, Germany.
- OLFERS, I. 1818. Bemerkungen zu Illiger's Ueberblick der Saugethiere, nach ihrer Vertheilung uber die Welttheile, rucksichtlich der Sudamericanischen Arten (Species). P. 304 in Journal von Brasilien, oder vermischte Nachrichten aus Brasilien, auf wissenschaftlichen Reisen gesammelt, W. L. Eschwege, 192 - 237 in Neue Bibliothek der wichtigsten Reisebeschreibungen zur Erweiterung der Erd-und Volkerkunde; in Verbindung mit einigen anderen Gelehrten gesammelt und herausgegeben (F. T. Bertuch, ed.). Vol. 15. Verlage des Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs, Weimar, Germany.
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- DESMAREST, A. G. 1822. Mammalogie ou description des especes de mammiferes. Seconde partie, contenant les ordres de Rongeurs, des Edentes, des Pachydermes, des Ruminans et des Cetaces. Vol. 2. Veuve Agasse, Paris, France.
- MCMURTRIE, H. 1831. Dasypus. Pp. 162 - 165 in The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization by the Baron Cuvier... translated from the French with notes and additions. G. & C. & H. Carvill, New York.
- GLOGER, C. W. L. 1841. Gemeinnutziges Hand- und Hilfsbuch der Naturgeschichte. Fur gebildete Leser aller Stande, besonders fuur die reifere Jugend und ihre Lehrer. Aug. Schulz, Wroclaw (Breslau), Poland.
- BURMEISTER, H. C. 1854. Systematische Uebersicht der Thiere Brasiliens, welche wahrend einer Reise durch die Provinzen von Rio de Janeiro und Minas Geraes gesammelt oder beobachtet wurden von Dr. Hermann Burmeister. Saugethiere (Mammalia). Vol. 1. Georg Reimer, Berlin, Germany.
- FITZINGER, L. J. 1856. (Untitled). Versammlung Deutscher Naturforscher und Aerzte, Wien. Tageblatt 32: 123.
- PETERS, W. 1864. Ueber neue Arten der Saugethiergattungen Geomys, Haplodon und Dasypus. Monatsberichte der Koniglich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1865: 177 - 181.
- GRAY, J. E. 1874. On the short-tailed armadillo (Muletia septemcincta). Proceedings of the Zoological Society London 1874: 244 - 246.
- YEPES, J. 1928. Los Edentata argentinos. Revista universitaria de Buenos Aires 2 a: 1 - 50.
- CASTRO, M. C., M. R. CIANCIO, V. PACHECO, R. M. SALAS- GISMONDI, J. E. BOSTELMANN, AND A. A. CARLINI. 2015. Reassessment of the hairy long-nosed " Dasypus " pilosus (Xenarthra, Dasypodidae) and revalidation of the genus Cryptophractus Fitzinger, 1856. Zootaxa 3947: 30 - 48.