Dasypus kappleri Krauss 1862

Dasypus kappleri Krauss 1862, Arch. Naturgesch., 28 (1): 20.

Type Locality: "Den Urwäldern des Marowiniflusse in Surinam;" restricted to the neighborhood of Albina near the mouth of the Marowijne River by Husson (1978).

Vernacular Names: Greater Long-nosed Armadillo.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Dasypus kappleri subsp. kappleri Krauss 1862

Subspecies Dasypus kappleri subsp. pastasae Thomas 1901

Distribution: Colombia (east of the Andes), Venezuela (south of the Orinoco), Guyana, Surinam, and south through the Amazon Basin of Brazil, Ecuador and Perú to NE Bolivia.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).