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GENUS Dasypus

Author:Linnaeus, 1758.
Citation:Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 50.
Type Species:Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus, 1758, by Linnaean tautonomy.
Comments:Reviewed by Wetzel (1985b) and Wetzel and Mondolfi (1979).
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SPECIES hybridus

SPECIES kappleri

SUBSPECIES kappleri

SUBSPECIES pastasae

SPECIES novemcinctus

SUBSPECIES novemcinctus

SUBSPECIES aequatorialis

SUBSPECIES fenestratus

SUBSPECIES hoplites

SUBSPECIES mexianae

SUBSPECIES mexicanus

SPECIES pilosus

SPECIES sabanicola

SPECIES septemcinctus

SPECIES yepesi

Synonyms:

    Cachicamus McMurtrie, 1831
    Cataphractus Storr, 1780
    Cryptophractus Fitzinger, 1856
    Hyperoambon Peters, 1864
    Loricatus Desmarest, 1804
    Muletia Gray, 1874
    Praopus Burmeister, 1854
    Tatu Blumenbach, 1779
    Tatusia Lesson, 1827
    Zonoplites Gloger, 1841
    Cachicama Gervais in I. Geoffroy, 1835
    Tatus Olfers, 1818
    Tatua Robinson and Lyon, 1901

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