Genus Cryptophractus Fitzinger, 1856 [nomen revalidatum]

Cryptophractus Fitzinger, 1856: 123 .

Praopus Burmeister, 1854 [part]: Burmeister 1862:147; new species.

[ Tatusia (Cryptophractus)] Cuvier, 1822 [part]: Trouessart 1898:1140; name combination and new rank. [ Tatus (Cryptophractus)] Frisch, 1775: Trouessart, 1905:814; name combination.

Tatu Blumenbach, 1779 [part]: Thomas, 1927:605; name combination.

Dasypus Linnaeus, 1758 [part]: Yepes, 1928:468; name combination.

Dasypus (Cryptophractus) Linnaeus, 1758: Talmage & Buchanan, 1954:84; new rank.

Type species. Cryptophractus pilosus Fitzinger, 1856 Diagnosis. As the species by monotypy.