Chlamyphorus truncatus

Harlan, 1825

Pink Fairy Armadillo

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Atlantogenata
Superorder : Xenarthra
Order : Cingulata
Family : Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily : Chlamyphorinae
Genus : Chlamyphorus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist., 1, 235

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15913422

Original name as described

Chlamyphorus truncatus

Other common names

Lesser Fairy Armadillo · Lesser Pichiciego

Type material

ANSP 111

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Mendoza...interior of Chili, on the east of the Cordilleras, in lat. 33°25' and long. 69°47', in the province of Cuyo." Identified by A. Cabrera in 1958 as Río Tunuyán, 33°25' S, 69°45' W, Mendoza, Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina

Taxonomy notes

moved from Dasypodidae to Chlamyphoridae

Taxonomy notes citation

Gibb, G. C., Condamine, F. L., Kuch, M., Enk, J., Moraes-Barros, N., Superina, M., ... & Delsuc, F. (2016). Shotgun mitogenomics provides a reference phylogenetic framework and timescale for living xenarthrans. Molecular biology and evolution, 33(3), 621-642.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000409

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Chlamyphorus truncatus

Harlan, 1825

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

truncatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 111

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

237

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15913422

Authority publication

Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:308, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207775) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Smith (1842:298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  3. Lesson (1842:151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:55) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9690)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4704) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:68) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4704) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000409) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4704/47439264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Chlamyphorus truncatus patquiensis

J. Yepes, 1931

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

patquiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MACN-Ma 31-213

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

16

Authority publication

Physis

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9690)

Chlamydophorus truncatus

Fitzinger, 1871

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

truncatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

382

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34496810

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Fitzinger (1871:382, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34496810) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67329)
  2. Lahille (1899:202, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147068) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)

Chlamydophorus truncatus (?) fossilis

F. Ameghino, 1889

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

fossilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

878

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51770397

Authority publication

Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina

Chlamydophorus truncatus minor

Lahille, 1895

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56872387

Authority publication

Anales del Museo de La Plata

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9690)

Chlamydophorus truncatus ornatus

Lahille, 1895

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

ornatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56872387

Authority publication

Anales del Museo de La Plata

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9690)

Chlamydophorus truncatus typicus

Lahille, 1895

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

typicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56872387

Authority publication

Anales del Museo de La Plata

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9690)

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