Dasypus Linnaeus 1758

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Dasypus Linnaeus 1758

Dasypus Linnaeus 1758 , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 50 .

Type Species: Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus 1758

Synonyms: Cachicamus McMurtrie 1831 ; Cataphractus Storr 1780 ; Cryptophractus Fitzinger 1856 ; Hyperoambon Peters 1864 ; Loricatus Desmarest 1804 ; Muletia Gray 1874 ; Praopus Burmeister 1854 ; Tatu Blumenbach 1779 ; Tatusia Lesson 1827 ; Zonoplites Gloger 1841 ; Cachicama Gervais in I. Geoffroy 1835 ; Tatus Olfers 1818 ; Tatua Robinson and Lyon 1901 .

Species and subspecies: 7 species with 8 subspecies:

Species Dasypus hybridus Desmarest 1804

Species Dasypus kappleri Krauss 1862

Subspecies Dasypus kappleri subsp. kappleri Krauss 1862

Subspecies Dasypus kappleri subsp. pastasae Thomas 1901

Species Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Dasypus novemcinctus subsp. novemcinctus Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Dasypus novemcinctus subsp. aequatorialis Lönnberg 1913

Subspecies Dasypus novemcinctus subsp. fenestratus Peters 1864

Subspecies Dasypus novemcinctus subsp. hoplites G. M. Allen 1911

Subspecies Dasypus novemcinctus subsp. mexianae Hagmann 1908

Subspecies Dasypus novemcinctus subsp. mexicanus Peters 1864

Species Dasypus pilosus Fitzinger 1856

Species Dasypus sabanicola Mondolfi 1968

Species Dasypus septemcinctus Linnaeus 1758

Species Dasypus yepesi Vizcaíno 1995

Discussion: Reviewed by Wetzel (1985 b) and Wetzel and Mondolfi (1979).