Dasypus pilosus

(Fitzinger, 1856)

Hairy 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

Versamml. Deutsch. Nat. Arzte, Wien, Tageblatt, 32, 123 . Versamml. Deutscher Naturfors. Arzte, Wien, Tageblatt 32:123.] . Versamml. Deutscher Naturfors. Arzte, Wien, Tageblatt 32:123.]

Original name as described

Cryptophractus pilosus

Other common names

Woolly Armadillo

Type material

NMW 222

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Peru." Restricted by R. M. Wetzel and E. Mondolfi in 1979 to montane Peru.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru

Taxonomy notes

has been considered under a separate, monotypic genus (Cryptophractus), although molecular data supports its placement within Dasypus

Taxonomy notes citation

Castro MC, Ciancio MR, Pacheco V, Salas-Gismondi RM, Bostelmann JE, Carlini AA. 2015. Reassessment of the hairy long-nosed armadillo ‘Dasypus' pilosus (Xenarthra, Dasypodidae) and revalidation of the genus Cryptophractus Fitzinger, 1856. Zootaxa 3947: 30–48. · 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/1000426

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.

Praopus hirsutus

(Burmeister, 1862)

Family

Dasypodidae

Root name

hirsutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MUSM 26, MUSM 27

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

147

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Halle

Name usages

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

Cryptophractus pilosus

(Fitzinger, 1856)

Family

Dasypodidae

Root name

pilosus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW 222

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

123

Authority publication

Vienna

Name usages

Fitzinger (1871:365, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34496793) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67329)

Dasypus pilosus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Dasypodidae

Root name

pilosus

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 (1982:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9690)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6291/47441122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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