Tolypeutes matacus (Desmarest 1804)

[Tolypeutes] matacus (Desmarest 1804), Tabl. Meth. Hist. Nat., in: Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., Vol. 24: 28.

Type Locality: No locality mentioned; restricted to Argentina, Tucumán, Tucumán, by Sanborn (1930).

Vernacular Names: Southern Three-banded Armadillo.

Synonyms: Tolypeutes apar (Desmarest 1822); Tolypeutes bicinctus (Grandidier and Neveu-Lemaire 1905); Tolypeutes brachyurus (G. Fischer 1814); Tolypeutes conurus I. Geoffroy 1847; Tolypeutes muriei Garrod 1878; Tolypeutes octodecimcinctus (Molina 1782); Tolypeutes aparoides Gervais 1869 .

Distribution: E Bolivia and SW Brazil south through the Gran Chaco of Paraguay to Argentina (Buenos Aires).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).