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Euphractus sexcinctus

Description

Euphractus sexcinctus (Linnaeus, 1758). Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:51.

TYPE LOCALITY: "America meridionale;" restricted to Parâ, Brazil, by Thomas (1907ft).

DISTRIBUTION: S Surinam and adjacent Brazil as a northern isolated segment; E Brazil to Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and N Argentina as the main population.

SYNONYMS: boliviae Thomas, 1907; bruneti Milne-Edwards, 1871; encoubert Desmarest, 1822; flavimanus Desmarest, 1804; flavipes G. Fischer, 1814; gilvipes Lichtenstein, 1818; mustelinus Fitzinger, 1871; poyu Larranaga, 1923; setosus Wied, 1826; tucumanus Thomas, 1907.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Wetzel (1985ft) and Redford and Wetzel (1985, Mammalian Species, 252).

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 66, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353136

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Dasypodidae
Genus
Euphractus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Xenarthra
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
sexcinctus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Euphractus sexcinctus (Linnaeus, 1758) sec. Gardner, 1993

References

  • Redford, K. H., and R. M. Wetzel. 1985. Euphractus sexcinctus. Mammalian Species, 252: 1 - 4.