Cabassous
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Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo | |
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Genus: | Cabassous McMurtrie, 1831
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Dasypus unicinctus | |
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Cabassous is a genus of South and Central American armadillos.[1] The name is the Latinised form of the Kalini word for "armadillo".[2]
The genus contains the following four species:[3]
- Northern naked-tailed armadillo, C. centralis
- Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo, C. chacoensis
- Greater naked-tailed armadillo, C. tatouay
- Southern naked-tailed armadillo, C. unicinctus
References
- ^ Gardner, A.L. (2005). "Order Cingulata". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 97–98. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Hayssen, V. (2014). "Cabassous unicinctus"". Mammalian Species. 46 (907): 16–23. doi:10.1644/907.
- ^ "Cabassous". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
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