Cabassous tatouay

(Greater Naked-Tailed Armadillo)

Overview:

Conservation Status

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History:

1996-Lower Risk/near threatened (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Threats:

0 No threats (ongoing)

For info on these threat codes, see here.

Justification

Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, its occurrence in a number of protected areas, tolerance of a degree of habitat modification, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
    - Branch: Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
        Class: Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - Mammals
        Subclass: Theriiformes (Rowe, 1988) McKenna & Bell, 1997:vii,36
        Infraclass: Holotheria (Wible et al., 1995) McKenna & Bell, 1997:vii,43
        Superlegion: Trechnotheria McKenna, 1975
        Legion: Cladotheria McKenna, 1975
        Sublegion: Zatheria McKenna, 1975
        Infralegion: Tribosphenida (McKenna, 1975) McKenna & Bell, 1997:vii,48
        Supercohort: Theria (Parker & Haswell, 1897) McKenna & Bell, 1997:viii,49 - Therians
        Cohort: Placentalia (Owen, 1837) McKenna & Bell, 1997:viii,80 - Placentals
        Order: Cingulata (Illiger, 1811) McKenna, 1975:40 - Armadillos
        Series: Amniota
        Superfamily: Dasypodoidea (Gray, 1821) Simpson, 1931:273
        Family: Dasypodidae (Gray, 1821) C.L. Bonaparte, 1838:111 - Armadillos
        Subfamily: Tolypeutinae
        Tribe: Priodontini
        Genus: Cabassous McMurtrie, 1831 - Naked-tailed Armadillos
        Specific name: tatouay (Desmarest, 1804)
        Scientific name: Cabassous tatouay (Desmarest, 1804)

Notes:

Name Status: Accepted Name. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 21-Apr-2004

Physical Description

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Distribution

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Range and Population

South America

Habitat

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Biome

Terrestrial

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Cabassous:

There are approximately 5 species and subspecies in this genus: C. centralis (Northern Naked-Tailed Armadillo) · C. chacoensis (Chacoan Naked-Tailed Armadillo) · C. tatouay (Greater Naked-Tailed Armadillo) · C. unicinctus (Cabasu) · C. unicinctus loricatus

Members of the genus Charadrius:

Bibliography

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Alfred L. Gardner: Status: CITES - Appendix III (Uruguay)
Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
Eisenberg, J.F. and Redford, K.H. 1999. Mammals of the Neotropics. The Central Neotropics, Volume 3: Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Gardner, A.L. 1993. Order Xenarthra. In: D.E. Wilson and D.M. Reeder (eds) Mammal Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic reference. Second Edition. pp: 63 and ndash;68. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC.
Gardner, A.L. 2005. Order Cingulata. In: D.E. Wilson and D.M. Reeder (eds) Mammal Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic reference. Third Edition. pp: 94 and ndash;99. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
Redford, K.H. and Eisenberg, J.F. 1992. Mammals of the Neotropics: The Southern Cone, Vol. 2, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay. Chicago University Press, Chicago.
Wetzel, R.M. 1982. Systematics, distribution, ecology, and conservation of South American edentates. In: M.A. Mares and H.H. Genoways (eds) Mammalian Biology in South America pp: 345 and ndash;375. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh.
Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds) 1993. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London.
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.

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Notes

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Contributors:

Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.

Data Sources:

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

GBIF-Sweden: Mammals (NRM)
The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: P. V. Lund collection in ZMUC, Copenhagen
University of Alaska Museum of the North: University of Alaska Museum Mammal Collection

Identifiers:

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 624893
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 538121
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2642

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Last Revised: April 20, 2008