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Chaetophractus vellerosus (screaming hairy armadillo)

Osteichthyes - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Taxonomy
Dasypus vellerosus was named by Gray (1865). It is extant.

It was recombined as Chaetophractus vellerosus by Bargo et al. (2000), Soibelzon et al. (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. vallerosus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Dasypus vellerosus Gray p. 376
2000Chaetophractus vellerosus Bargo et al. p. 610
2010Chaetophractus vellerosus Soibelzon et al. p. 452

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
orderCingulata()
—Dasypodoidea(Gray 1821)
familyDasypodidae()
subfamilyEuphractinaeWinge 1923
tribeEuphractiniWinge 1923
genusChaetophractusFitzinger 1871
speciesvellerosus(Gray 1865)

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.

Chaetophractus vellerosus Gray 1865 [screaming hairy armadillo]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Body mass estimates
estimateequationreference
 766.5 g Mammalia femur diameterGingerich 1990
 1.84 kg Mammalia humerus diameterGingerich 1990
 1.11 kg Mammalia tibia diameterGingerich 1990
mean: 1.16 kg
Measurements
partNmean
femur diameter14.60
humerus diameter16.20
radius diameter14.40
tibia diameter14.90

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:31:05
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Ensenadan to the top of the Holocene or 1.75000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ensenadan1.75 - 0.4Argentina Chaetophractus vellerosus (213464)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina (La Pampa) Chaetophractus vellerosus (212470)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bolivia (Chuquisaca) Chaetophractus vellerosus (70705)