Euphractus sexcinctus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Six-banded Armadillo

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033862

Original name as described

Dasypus sexcinctus

Other common names

Yellow Armadillo

Type locality

"in America Meridionali." Restricted by O. Thomas in 1907 to Pará, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Suriname · Brazil · Paraguay · Uruguay · Bolivia · 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

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000412

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 sexcinctus tucumanus

(O. Thomas, 1907)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

tucumanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.6.6.16

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e6d55c8c-9d00-495c-ab64-3210be22e8d7

Authority page

166

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26413403

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Dasypus sexcinctus boliviae

(O. Thomas, 1907)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

boliviae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.8.2.24

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/77825376-9a3c-4244-ba11-e8f4af3901d4

Authority page

166

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26413403

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Scleropleura Bruneti

(A. Milne-Edwards, 1871)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

bruneti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1872-1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1872-1

Authority page

178

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13961180

Authority publication

Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

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

Dasypus setosus

(zu Wied-Neuwied, 1826)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

setosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

520

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32972568

Authority publication

Weimar

Euphractus sexcinctus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

sexcinctus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

20

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9690)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8306/47441708) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Euphractus sexcinctus boliviae

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

boliviae

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)

Euphractus sexcinctus flavimanus

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

flavimanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9690)
  2. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Euphractus sexcinctus setosus

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

setosus

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)

Euphractus sexcinctus sexcinctus

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

sexcinctus

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)

Euphractus sexcinctus tucumanus

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

tucumanus

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)

Dasypus sexcinctus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

sexcinctus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

51

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033862

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872902) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Daudin (1802:173, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033423) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  3. Smith (1842:297) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  4. Lahille (1899:204, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147070) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)

loricatus flavimanus

(A. G. Desmarest, 1804)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

flavimanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

28

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle

Dasypus flavipes

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

flavipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

ix, 122

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130070 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130207

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1814:ix, 122, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130070, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  2. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9690)

Dasypus gilvipes

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

gilvipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

108

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080964

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Illiger (1815:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Dasypus gilvipes

(H. Lichtenstein, 1818)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

gilvipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

215

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11079865

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

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

Tatus gilvipes

(I. von Olfers, 1818)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

gilvipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

220

Authority publication

book

Dasypus pilosus

(I. von Olfers, 1818)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

pilosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

220

Authority publication

book

dasypus encoubert

(A. G. Desmarest, 1822)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

encoubert

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

370

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521814

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:307, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207774) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Cuvier (1842:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  3. Lesson (1842:149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  4. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9690)

Euphractus mustelinus

Fitzinger, 1871

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

mustelinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

259

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34496683

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

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

Dasypus poyú

(Larrañaga, 1923)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

poyu

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

341, 343

Authority publication

Montevideo

Name usages

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

Euphractus sexcinctus Gylvipes

Minoprio, 1945

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

gylvipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

10

Authority publication

Acta Zoológica Lilloana

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