Dasypus sabanicola

Mondolfi, 1968

Northern 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

Mondolfi, E. 1968-09-30. Descripción de un nuevo armadillo del género Dasypus de Venezuela (Mammalia – Edentata). Memorias de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle 27:149-167.

Original name as described

Dasypus sabanicola

Other common names

Llanos Long-nosed Armadillo

Type material

EBRG 965

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Hato Macanillal, Distrito Achaguas del Estado Apure," Venezuela.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela

Taxonomy notes

probably better considered a synonym of D. novemcinctus based on molecular data, but further research is needed to confirm this

Taxonomy notes citation

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

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000427

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 sabanicola

Mondolfi, 1968

Family

Dasypodidae

Root name

sabanicola

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

EBRG 965

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

151

Authority publication

Memorias de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle

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 #6292) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6292) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6292/47441316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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