Euphractus sexcinctus (Linnaeus 1758)

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[Dasypus] sexcinctus Linnaeus 1758 , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 51 View Cited Treatment .

Type Locality: "America meridionale;" restricted to Pará, Brazil, by Thomas (1907 b) .

Vernacular Names: Six-banded Armadillo.

Synonyms: Euphractus gilvipes Illiger 1815 ; Euphractus pilosus Olfers 1818 ; Euphractus gylvipes Minoprio 1945 .

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Euphractus sexcinctus subsp. sexcinctus Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Euphractus sexcinctus subsp. boliviae Thomas 1907

Subspecies Euphractus sexcinctus subsp. flavimanus Desmarest 1804

Subspecies Euphractus sexcinctus subsp. setosus Wied 1826

Subspecies Euphractus sexcinctus subsp. tucumanus Thomas 1907

Distribution: S Surinam and adjacent Brazil as a northern isolated segment; E Brazil to Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and N Argentina as the main population.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed by Wetzel (1985 b) and Redford and Wetzel (1985, Mammalian Species, 252).

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classis, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tenth ed. Vol. 1. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 824 pp.

Olfers, I. von. 1818. Bemerkungen zu Illiger's Ueberblick der Saugthiere nach ihrer Vertheilung uber die Welttheile, rucksichtich der Sudamericanischen Arten (Species). Abhandlung X in W. L. von Eschwege, Journal von Brasilien, odor vermischte Nachrichten aus Brasilien, auf wissenschaftlichen Reisen gesammelt. Heft 2 in F. Bertuch (ed.), Neue Bibliothek der wichtigsten Reisebeschreibungen zur Erweiterung der Erd- und Volkerkunde, Band 15: 192 - 237. Weimar.

Redford, K. H., and R. M. Wetzel. 1985. Euphractus sexcinctus. Mammalian Species, 252: 1 - 4.

Thomas, O. 1907 b. On Neotropical mammals of the genera Callicebus, Reithrodontomys, Ctenomys, Dasypus, and Marmosa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 7, 20: 161 - 168.

Wetzel, R. M. 1985 b. Taxonomy and distribution of armadillos, Dasypodidae. Pp. 23 - 48, in The evolution and ecology of armadillos, sloths, and vermilinguas (G. G. Montgomery, ed.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., 10 (unnumbered) + 451 pp.