Chaetophractus villosus

(A. G. Desmarest, 1804)

Large 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

Desmarest, A.G. 1804. Tableau méthodique des mammifères. Pp. 5–38 in Anonymous. (eds.). Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle. Tome XXIV. Crapelet, Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle, 238 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57784631

Original name as described

loricatus villosus

Other common names

Big Hairy Armadillo · Greater Hairy Armadillo

Type locality

"Les Pampas," south of Río de la Plata, between latitudes 35° S and 36° S, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Bolivia · Paraguay · Argentina · Chile

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

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000411

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 tarijensis

(F. Ameghino, 1902)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

tarijensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MACN-A 1612

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

256

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14608166

Authority publication

Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires

Dasypus villosus

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

villosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

ix

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130070

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1814:ix, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130070) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  2. Illiger (1815:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  3. Cuvier (1842:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  4. Lahille (1899:204, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147070) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)

Tatusia villosa

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

villosa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

312

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207779

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:312, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207779) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Euphractus villosus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

villosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

21

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Chaetophractus villosus

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

villosus

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. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4369) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:68) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4369) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4369/47438745) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dasypus Octocinctus

(G. I. Molina, 1782)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

octocinctus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

305

Authority publication

Bologna

Name usages

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

loricatus villosus

(A. G. Desmarest, 1804)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

villosus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

28

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57784631

Authority publication

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle

Dasypus (Euphractus) villosus fossilis

(Burmeister, 1866)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

fossilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

232

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14522370

Authority publication

Anales del Museo Público de Buenos Aires

Dasypus pilosus

(Larrañaga, 1923)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

pilosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

343

Authority publication

Montevideo

Name usages

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

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