Chaetophractus vellerosus

(J. E. Gray, 1865)

Screaming Hairy Armadillo

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Atlantogenata
Superorder : Xenarthra
Order : Cingulata
Family : Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily : Euphractinae
Genus : Chaetophractus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1865-10. Revision of the genera and species of entomophagous Edentata, founded on the examination of the specimens in the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865(2):359-386.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497331

Original name as described

Dasypus vellerosus

Other common names

Lesser Hairy Armadillo · Small Hairy Armadillo · Andean Hairy Armadillo

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1847.11.22.20

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/15a5b739-6de7-4c08-983c-dff0f8ff638e

Type locality

"Santa Cruz de la Sierra," Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru? · Bolivia · Chile · Paraguay · Argentina

Taxonomy notes

includes nationi; moved from Dasypodidae to Chlamyphoridae

Taxonomy notes citation

Abba, A. M., Cassini, G. H., Valverde, G., Tilak, M. K., Vizcaíno, S. F., Superina, M., & Delsuc, F. (2015). Systematics of hairy armadillos and the taxonomic status of the Andean hairy armadillo (Chaetophractus nationi). Journal of Mammalogy, gyv082. · 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

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000410

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.

Dasypus vellerosus

(J. E. Gray, 1865)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

vellerosus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1847.11.22.20

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/15a5b739-6de7-4c08-983c-dff0f8ff638e

Authority page

376

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497331

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Lahille (1899:204, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147070) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)

Dasypus Nationi

(O. Thomas, 1894)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

nationi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1893.9.9.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3847e18c-a2de-45d8-98d2-9facdc3441bd

Authority page

70

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19242410

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Dasypus vellerosus pannosus

(O. Thomas, 1902)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

pannosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.2.5.31

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/16ad1092-06bb-4e25-9a12-52383d659c75

Authority page

244

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331529

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Chaetophractus nationis

Mann, 1945

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

nationis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

64 (footnote)

Authority publication

Biológica (Santiago, Chile)

Euphractus nationi

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

nationi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

20

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Euphractus vellerosus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

vellerosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

20

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Chaetophractus nationi

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

nationi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

54, 55

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:54, 55) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9690)

Chaetophractus vellerosus

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

vellerosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

55

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:55) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9690)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/89604632/119877197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Chaetophractus vellerosus pannosus

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

pannosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9690)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Chaetophractus vellerosus vellerosus

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

vellerosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9690)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Cryptophractus brevirostris

(Fitzinger, 1861)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

brevirostris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

385, 395

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6438311 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6438454

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Dasyphractus brevirostris

(Fitzinger, 1871)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

brevirostris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

264

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

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

Dasypus boliviensis

(G. Grandidier & Neveu-Lemaire, 1908)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

boliviensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5030828

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

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

Dasypus villerosus

(G. Grandidier & Neveu-Lemaire, 1908)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

villerosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

6

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42999801

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

Euphractus villosus desertorum

(Krumbiegel, 1940)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

desertorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

61

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

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

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