Priodontes maximus

(Kerr, 1792)

Giant Armadillo

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Kerr, R. 1792. The Animal Kingdom, or Zoological System of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus. Class I. Mammalia. A. Strahan, T. Cadell, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 462 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664132

Original name as described

Dasypus maximus

Type locality

"Cayenne," French Guiana.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

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

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000418

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 giganteus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

giganteus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNCN 504

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

207

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

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

Dasypus grandis

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

grandis

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)

Priodontes giganteus

Lesson, 1827

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

giganteus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

309

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207776

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:309, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207776) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Priodontes maximus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

maximus

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 (1982:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9690)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:69) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000418) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18144/47442343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dasypus maximus

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

maximus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

112

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664132

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Dasypus gigas

(G. Cuvier, 1816)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

gigas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

221

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1844731

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Smith (1842:298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  2. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9690)

Tatus grandis

(I. von Olfers, 1818)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

grandis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

219

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Dasypus gigans

(Schmid, 1818)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

gigans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

164

Authority publication

Munich

Dasypus maximus

(Larrañaga, 1923)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

maximus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

343

Authority publication

Montevideo

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