Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Synonyms: Cabassous loricatus Yepes 1935, Xenurus gymnurus Lahille 1899

Belongs to Cabassous according to Wetzel 1980

See also Hayssen 2014 and Wilson and Reeder 2005

Sister taxa: Cabassous centralis, Cabassous tatouay, Cabassous unicinctus

Ecology: semifossorial insectivore

Average measurements (in mm): femur diameter 5.60, humerus diameter 5.20, radius diameter 2.90, tibia diameter 6.00

Estimated body mass: 1.43 kg based on femur diameter, humerus diameter, and tibia diameter

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cabassous chacoensis in the database

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