Dasypus kappleri

Krauss, 1862

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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Archiv Naturgesch., 28(1), 20

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7160586

Original name as described

Dasypus kappleri

Type material

SMNS 285

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

"den Urwäldern des Marowiniflusses in Surinam" (= primeval forests near the Marowijne River, Suriname).

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Brazil

Taxonomy notes

previously included D. beniensis and D. pastasae

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

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000422

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 kappleri

Krauss, 1862

Family

Dasypodidae

Root name

kappleri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMNS 285

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

20

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7160586

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

  1. Fitzinger (1871:356, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34496784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67329)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:55, 56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9690)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000422) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6289/47440608) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dasypus pentadactylus

W. C. H. Peters, 1865

Family

Dasypodidae

Root name

pentadactylus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 3174

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

179

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35180384

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Dasypus kappleri kappleri

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Dasypodidae

Root name

kappleri

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 (2018:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

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