Dasypus beniensis

Lönnberg, 1942

Eastern Greater Long-nosed Armadillo

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Atlantogenata
Superorder : Xenarthra
Order : Cingulata
Family : Dasypodidae
Genus : Dasypus
Subgenus : Hyperoambon

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Lönnberg, E. 1942-08-26. Notes on Xenarthra from Brazil and Bolivia. Arkiv för Zoologi (A)34(9):1-58.

Original name as described

Dasypus kappleri beniensis

Other common names

East Amazonian Long-nosed Armadillo

Type material

NHRM 583386

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

near confluence of Rio Madre de Dios with Rio Beni, Victoria, Bolivia.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Peru · Bolivia

Taxonomy notes

split from D. kappleri

Taxonomy notes citation

Feijo, A., & Cordeiro-Estrela, P. (2016). Taxonomic revision of the Dasypus kappleri complex, with revalidations of Dasypus pastasae (Thomas, 1901) and Dasypus beniensis Lönnberg, 1942 (Cingulata, Dasypodidae). Zootaxa, 4170(2), 271-297. · Feijo, A., Patterson, B. D., & Cordeiro-Estrela, P. (2018). Taxonomic revision of the long-nosed armadillos, Genus Dasypus Linnaeus, 1758 (Mammalia, Cingulata). PloS one, 13(4), e0195084. · Feijó, A., Vilela, J. F., Cheng, J., Schetino, M. A. A., Coimbra, R. T., Bonvicino, C. R., ... & Cordeiro-Estrela, P. (2019). Phylogeny and molecular species delimitation of long-nosed armadillos (Dasypus: Cingulata) supports morphology-based taxonomy. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 186(3), 813-825.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000421

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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 kappleri beniensis

Lönnberg, 1942

Family

Dasypodidae

Root name

beniensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NHRM 583386

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

49

Authority publication

Arkiv för Zoologi

Name usages

  1. Anderson (1997:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  2. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9690)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Dasypus beniensis

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Dasypodidae

Root name

beniensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000421

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000421) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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