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Cabassous chacoensis (Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo)

Osteichthyes - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Taxonomy
Cabassous chacoensis was named by Wetzel (1980). It is extant.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Xenurus gymnurus Lahille
1935Cabassous loricatus Yepes
1980Cabassous chacoensis Wetzel
2005Cabassous chacoensis Wilson and Reeder
2014Cabassous chacoensis Hayssen

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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()
subfamilyTolypeutinaeGray 1865
tribePriodontiniGray 1873
genusCabassousMcMurtie 1831
specieschacoensisWetzel 1980

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.

Cabassous chacoensis Wetzel 1980 [Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo]
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Invalid names: Cabassous loricatus Yepes 1935 [synonym], Xenurus gymnurus Lahille 1899 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Body mass estimates
estimateequationreference
 1.32 kg Mammalia femur diameterGingerich 1990
 1.17 kg Mammalia humerus diameterGingerich 1990
 1.91 kg Mammalia tibia diameterGingerich 1990
mean: 1.43 kg
Measurements
partNmean
femur diameter15.60
humerus diameter15.20
radius diameter12.90
tibia diameter16.00

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semifossorialg
Diet: insectivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 10:52:32
Modified: 2012-05-14 19:52:32
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Smith 2011, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979
Collections
No collection or age range data are available