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Cabassous tatouay (Greater naked-tailed armadillo)

Osteichthyes - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

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

It was recombined as Tatusia tatouay by Lesson (1827); it was recombined as Dasypus tatouay by Schomburgk (1840); it was recombined as Cabassous tatouay by Wilson and Reeder (2005), Smith (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Loricatus tatouay Desmarest
1827Tatusia tatouay Lesson p. 311
1840Dasypus tatouay Schomburgk p. 34
2005Cabassous tatouay Wilson and Reeder
2011Cabassous tatouay Smith p. 4

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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
speciestatouay(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.

Cabassous tatouay Desmarest 1804 [Greater naked-tailed armadillo]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Smith 2011, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002
Collections
No collection or age range data are available