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SPECIES Dasypus novemcinctus
Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 51. | Common Name: | Nine-banded Armadillo | Type Locality: | "America Meridionali;" restricted to Pernambuco, Brazil, by Cabrera (1958). | Distribution: | S USA, México, Central and South America to N Argentina, the Lesser Antilles (Grenada), and Trinidad and Tobago. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Reviewed by McBee and Baker (1982, Mammalian Species, 162). |
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| Offspring: SUBSPECIES novemcinctus SUBSPECIES aequatorialis SUBSPECIES fenestratus SUBSPECIES hoplites SUBSPECIES mexianae SUBSPECIES mexicanus | Synonyms:
decumanus Illiger, 1815 decumanus Olfers, 1818 longicaudus Schinz, 1824 cucurbitinus Gaumer, 1917 novenxinctus Peal and Palisot de Beauvois, 1796 pepa Krauss, 1862 longicaudatus Peters, 1864 leptorhinus Gray, 1874 cucurbitalis Fermin, 1765 minor Fermin, 1769 (2:110)
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