Tolypeutes tricinctus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Brazilian 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

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 tricinctus

Type locality

"in India orientali." Corrected by C. C. Sanborn in 1930 to Pernambuco, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

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

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000420

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 ?quadricinctus?

Illiger, 1815

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

quadricinctus

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 quadricincta

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

quadricincta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

310

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

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

Tolypeutes tricinctus

Fitzinger, 1871

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

tricinctus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

369

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34496797

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Fitzinger (1871:369, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34496797) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67329)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:57) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9690)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21975) (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 #21975) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000420) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21975/47443455) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dasypus quadricinctus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

quadricinctus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

51

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:104, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872901) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9690)

Dasypus tricinctus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

tricinctus

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 (1777:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872899) (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)

Tolypeutes Globulus

Illiger, 1815

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

globulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

108, 119

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080964 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080975

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Illiger (1815:108, 119, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080964, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080975) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Tolypeutis globulus

I. von Olfers, 1818

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

globulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

221

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Tolypeutis quadricinctus

I. von Olfers, 1818

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

quadricinctus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

221

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

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