Cabassous unicinctus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Amazon 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

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/25033861

Original name as described

Dasypus unicinctus

Other common names

Southern Naked-tailed Armadillo

Type material

Seba pl. 30, fig. 3

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

"Africa." Corrected by G. L. L. Buffon in 1763 to "l'Amérique." Restricted by O. Thomas in 1911 to Suriname, South America.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Brazil · Ecuador · Peru · Bolivia

Taxonomy notes

previously included C. squamicaudis; moved from Dasypodidae to Chlamyphoridae

Taxonomy notes citation

Feijó, A. & Anacleto, T. C. (2021). Taxonomic revision of the genus Cabassous McMurtrie, 1831 (Cingulata: Chlamyphoridae), with revalidation of Cabassous squamicaudis (Lund, 1845). Zootaxa, 4974(1), 47-78. · 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/1000417

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.

Ziphila lugubris

(J. E. Gray, 1873)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

lugubris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.8.28.7

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

23

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13237166

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

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

Dasypus unicinctus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

unicinctus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Seba pl. 30, fig. 3

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

50

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033861

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Daudin (1802:173, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033423) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  2. Smith (1842:298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)

Dasypus multicinctus

(Thunberg, 1818)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

multicinctus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UUZM type #320

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

68

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34533862

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

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

Cabassous unicinctus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

unicinctus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

21

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9690)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #3415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #3415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000417) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3415/47437949) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cabassous unicinctus unicinctus

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

unicinctus

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 (2018:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Dasypus duodecim cinctus

(von Schreber, 1775)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

duodecimcinctus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 75

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31060190

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:111, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872908) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9690)

Dasypus octodecimcinctus

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

octodecimcinctus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

113

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872910

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:113, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872910) (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. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9690)

Dasypus undecimcinctus

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

undecimcinctus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

109

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080965

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Dasypus verrucosus

(J. A. Wagner, 1844)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

verrucosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

172 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31058987

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

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

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