Tolypeutes matacus

(A. G. Desmarest, 1804)

Southern Three-banded Armadillo

Taxonomy

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

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 matacus

Other common names

Azara's Domed Armadillo · La Plata Three-banded Armadillo

Type locality

type locality not given. Restricted by C. C. Sanborn in 1930 as Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Bolivia · Brazil · 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

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000419

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.

Tolypeutes muriei

Garrod, 1878

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

muriei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:140a

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ee2f7862-c6be-411e-8a38-5ced6bbb53ee

Authority page

223

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Tolypeutes pampaeus

Frenguelli, 1921

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

pampaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MLP 52-IX-28-49

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

377

Authority publication

Boletín de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias en Córdoba

Tolypeutes ?octodecimcinctus?

Illiger, 1815

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

octodecimcinctus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

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)

Tatusia apar

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

apar

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

310

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207777

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:310, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207777) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Tatusia mataco

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

mataco

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

150

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Sphaerocormus conurus

(Fitzinger, 1871)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

conurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

376

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34496804

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1871:376, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34496804) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67329)

Tolypeutes matacus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

matacus

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 (1982:57) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9690)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21974) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21974) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21974/47443233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dasypus octodecimcinctus

(G. I. Molina, 1782)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

octodecimcinctus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

305

Authority publication

Bologna

Name usages

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

loricatus matacus

(A. G. Desmarest, 1804)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

matacus

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 brachyurus

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

brachyurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

ix, 130

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130070 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130215

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1814:ix, 130, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130070, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130215) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  2. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9690)

dasypus apar

(A. G. Desmarest, 1822)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

apar

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

367

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521811

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

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

Tolypeutes conurus

I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1847

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

conurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

137

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2271629

Authority publication

Revue zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne

Name usages

  1. Lahille (1899:203, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147069) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
  2. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9690)

Dasypus (Tolypeutes) conurus 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 aparoides

(P. Gervais, 1869)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

aparoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

132

Authority publication

Paris

Tolypoides bicinctus

(G. Grandidier & Neveu-Lemaire, 1905)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

bicinctus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

370

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

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

Dasypus globosus

(Larrañaga, 1923)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

globosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

343

Authority publication

Montevideo

Tolypeutes matacos

J. Yepes, 1928

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

matacos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

478

Authority publication

Revista de la Universidad de Buenos Aires

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