Dasypus mexicanus

W. C. H. Peters, 1865

Mexican 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 novemcinctus var. Mexicanus

Other common names

Nine-banded Armadillo

Type material

ZMB 2743

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Mexico. Restricted to Colima, Mexico by Bailey (1905) and to Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico by Hollister (1925); Bailey's designation is used here following Gardner and Ramírez-Pulido (2020).

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico · Belize · Guatemala · El Salvador · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica

Subregion distribution

USA(NE,CO,KS,NM,TX,OK,MO,IL,AR,LA,MS,TN,KY,AL,GA,FL,SC)

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/1006877

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 mexicana

(J. E. Gray, 1873)

Family

Dasypodidae

Root name

mexicanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.9.11.6 (= BMNH:Mamm:113k)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/41c020cb-dba3-4099-b233-17a328b244af https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d9c5a494-d593-41f6-8862-5e8c3a13bc09

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Tatusia leptorhynchus

(J. E. Gray, 1873)

Family

Dasypodidae

Root name

leptorhynchus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1865.5.18.42

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/38c045ae-af4c-4d83-9ae9-f481a3b69170

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13237158

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

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

Dasypus novemcinctus davisi

R. J. Russell, 1953

Family

Dasypodidae

Root name

davisi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TCWC:Mamm:4952

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

21

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36184888

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Tatu novemcinctum texanum

(V. O. Bailey, 1905)

Family

Dasypodidae

Root name

texanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:34352 (= USNM:MAMM:A46438)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a0171e73-8640-4f5a-90b9-f8f147f6fd54

Authority page

52

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801707

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

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

Dasypus novemcinctus var. Mexicanus

W. C. H. Peters, 1865

Family

Dasypodidae

Root name

mexicanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 2743

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

180

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

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 mexicanus

Fitzinger, 1871

Family

Dasypodidae

Root name

mexicanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

363

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34496791

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Fitzinger (1871:363, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34496791) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67329)
  2. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:5) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)

Dasypus cucurbitinus

H. Lichtenstein, 1830

Family

Dasypodidae

Root name

cucurbitinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

100

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29683776

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Tatusia leptorhinus

(J. E. Gray, 1874)

Family

Dasypodidae

Root name

leptorhinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

246

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28502373

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Dasypus cucurbitinus

Gaumer, 1917

Family

Dasypodidae

Root name

cucurbitinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

21

Authority publication

book

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