Cabassous chacoensis

Wetzel, 1980

Chacoan Naked-tailed Armadillo

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Atlantogenata
Superorder : Xenarthra
Order : Cingulata
Family : Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily : Tolypeutinae
Genus : Cabassous

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Wetzel, R.M. 1980-09-05. Revision of the naked-tailed armadillos, genus Cabassous McMurtrie. Annals of Carnegie Museum 49:323-357.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52334555

Original name as described

Cabassous chacoensis

Type material

CM 67067

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Paraguay, Depto. Presidente Hayes, 5–7 km W Estancia Juan de Zalazar."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Paraguay · Argentina · Bolivia? · Brazil?

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

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000415

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.

Cabassous chacoensis

Wetzel, 1980

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

chacoensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CM 67067

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

335

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52334555

Authority publication

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1991:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  3. Gardner (1993:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69004)
  4. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9690)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #3413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #3413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3413/47437534) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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