Cabassous
| Cabassous | |
|---|---|
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| Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Cingulata |
| Family: | Chlamyphoridae |
| Genus: | Cabassous McMurtrie, 1831 |
| Type species | |
| Dasypus unicinctus | |
| Species | |
Cabassous is a genus of South and Central American armadillos.[1] The name is the Latinised form of the Kalini word for "armadillo".[2]
The genus contains the following four species:[3]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| C. centralis | Northern naked-tailed armadillo | from Chiapas in southern Mexico to western Colombia, northwestern Ecuador and northwestern Venezuela | |
 | C. chacoensis | Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo | the Gran Chaco region of western Paraguay and north-central Argentina |
| C. tatouay | Greater naked-tailed armadillo | southern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and Uruguay and extreme north-eastern Argentina | |
| C. unicinctus | Southern naked-tailed armadillo | northern South America east of the Andes, as far south as northern Paraguay and southern Brazil. | |
References
- ↑ Gardner, A.L. (2005). "Order Cingulata". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 97–98. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ↑ Hayssen, V. (2014). "Cabassous unicinctus". Mammalian Species. 46 (907): 16–23. doi:10.1644/907.
- ↑ "Cabassous". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
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