Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:51.

REVIEWED BY: J. Ramirez-Pulido (JRP).

TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Pernambuco .

DISTRIBUTION: N. Argentina, to Guianas and Venezuela and north to Morelos (Mexico), thence to N. Sinaloa (Mexico), N. E. Kansas and South Carolina (U.S.A.); Grenada (Lesser Antilles); Tobago, Trinidad, Margarita Isl. (Venezuela), Mexiana Isl. (Brazil).

COMMENT: Partially includes mazzai Yepes (a composite); see Wetzel and Mondolfi, 1979:50, 52. Type locality discussed by Cabrera, 1958:225.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301407003005004001.