Dasypus mazzai

J. Yepes, 1933

Yungas Lesser Long-nosed Armadillo

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Yepes, J. 1933. Una especie nueva de "mulita" (Dasipodinae[sic]) para el norte argentino. Physis, Buenos Aires 11:225–32.

Original name as described

Dasypus mazzai

Other common names

Yepes's Mulita

Type material

MACN-Ma 31-273

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Tabacal, Orán Department, Salta, Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina

Taxonomy notes

oldest name for species is mazzai, includes yepesi as a synonym; probably better considered a synonym of D. novemcinctus based on molecular data, but further research is needed to confirm this

Taxonomy notes citation

Feijo, A., & Cordeiro-Estrela, P. E. D. R. O. (2014). The correct name of the endemic Dasypus (Cingulata: Dasypodidae) from northwestern Argentina. Zootaxa, 3887(1), 88-94. · Barthe, M., Rancilhac, L., Arteaga, M.C., Feijó, A., Tilak, M.K., Justy, F., Loughry, W.J., McDonough, C.M., Thoisy, B. de, Catzeflis, F., Billet, G., Hautier, L., Nabholz, B. & Delsuc, F. 2024. Exon capture museomics deciphers the nine-banded armadillo species complex and identifies a new species endemic to the Guiana Shield. Systematic Biology, syae027 (In Press).

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000423

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 mazzai

J. Yepes, 1933

Family

Dasypodidae

Root name

mazzai

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MACN-Ma 31-273

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

226

Authority publication

Physis

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9690)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000423) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Dasypus (Dasypus) yepesi

Vizcaíno, 1995

Family

Dasypodidae

Root name

yepesi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MLP 30-III-90-8

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

7

Authority publication

Mastozoología Neotropical

Name usages

  1. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9690)
  2. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/61924/47444043) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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