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Dasypus (Dasypus) hybridus (southern long-nosed armadillo)

Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Taxonomy
Loricatus hybridus was named by Desmarest (1804). It is extant.

It was recombined as Dasypus hybridus by Fischer (1814); it was recombined as Tatusia hybrida by Ameghino (1889); it was recombined as Dasypus (Dasypus) hybridus by Rincón et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Loricatus hybridus Desmarest
1814Dasypus hybridus Fischer
1889Tatusia hybrida Ameghino p. 861
2008Dasypus (Dasypus) hybridus Rincón et al. p. 199

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
orderCingulata()
—Dasypodoidea(Gray 1821)
familyDasypodidae()
subfamilyDasypodinaeGray 1821
tribeDasypodini()
genusDasypus
subgenusDasypusLinnaeus 1758
specieshybridus(Desmarest 1804)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Dasypus (Dasypus) hybridus Desmarest 1804 [southern long-nosed armadillo]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Body mass estimates
estimateequationreference
 2.43 kg Mammalia femur diameterGingerich 1990
 3.12 kg Mammalia humerus diameterGingerich 1990
 3.73 kg Mammalia tibia diameterGingerich 1990
mean: 3.05 kg
Measurements
partNmean
femur diameter17.00
humerus diameter17.60
radius diameter15.90
tibia diameter17.70

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semifossorialg
Diet: insectivoreg
Diet 2: frugivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 10:44:07
Modified: 2012-05-14 19:56:52
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Mc Bee and Baker 1982, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) Dasypus hybridus (73845)