Dasypus fenestratus

W. C. H. Peters, 1865

Western Andean 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

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1865. Hr. W. Peters machte eine vorläufige Mittheilung über neue Arten der Säugethiergattungen Geomys, Haplodon und Dasypus. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1864:177-180.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35180385

Original name as described

Dasypus fenestratus

Other common names

Nine-banded Armadillo

Type material

ZMB 3175

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Costa Rica. Restricted to San José, Costa Rica by Wetzel and Mondolfi (1979).

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Ecuador · Peru

Taxonomy notes

split from D. novemcinctus

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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006875

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.

Tatusia granadiana

(J. E. Gray, 1873)

Family

Dasypodidae

Root name

granadianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1873.3.12.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5245c3fa-b641-4525-a624-aefbf864a72b

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13237157

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

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

Dasypus novemcinctus aequatorialis

Lönnberg, 1913

Family

Dasypodidae

Root name

aequatorialis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NHRM 25

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

34

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6426240

Authority publication

Arkiv för Zoologi

Name usages

  1. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9690)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Dasypus fenestratus

W. C. H. Peters, 1865

Family

Dasypodidae

Root name

fenestratus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 3175

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

180

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35180385

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Dasypus novemcinctus fenestratus

G. G. Goodwin, 1946

Family

Dasypodidae

Root name

fenestratus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

350

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9690)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

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