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Dasypus Linnaeus 1758

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Description

Dasypus Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:50.

TYPE SPECIES: Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus, 1758, by Linnaean tautonomy.

SYNONYMS: Cachicamus McMurtrie, 1831; Cataphractus Storr, 1780; Hyperoambon Peters, 1864; Loricatus Desmarest, 1804; Muletia Gray, 1874; Praopus Burmeister, 1854; Tatù Blumenbach, 1779; Tatusia Lesson, 1827; Zonoplites Gloger, 1841.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Wetzel (1985b) and Wetzel and Mondolfi (1979).

Notes

Published as part of Alfred L. Gardner, 1993, Order Xenarthra, pp. 63-68 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 65, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353136

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Xenarthra
Family
Dasypodidae
Genus
Dasypus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Dasypus Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Gardner, 1993

References

  • Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classis, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tenth ed. Vol. 1. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 824 pp.
  • Storr, G. C. C. 1780. Prodromus methodi mammalium. Inaugeralem disputationem propositus praeside G. C. C. Storr. Respondente F. Wolffer Litteris Reissimis, Tubingae, 43 pp.
  • Gray, J. E. 1874. Description of a new species of cat (Felis badia) from Sarawak. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1874: 322 - 323.
  • Wetzel, R. M. 1985 b. Taxonomy and distribution of armadillos, Dasypodidae. Pp. 23 - 48, in The evolution and ecology of armadillos, sloths, and vermilinguas (G. G. Montgomery, ed.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., 10 (unnumbered) + 451 pp.
  • Wetzel, R. M., and E. Mondolfi. 1979. The subgenera and species of long-nosed armadillos, genus Dasypus L. Pp. 43 - 63, in Vertebrate ecology in the northern Neotropics (J. F. Eisenberg, ed.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., 271 pp.