Cabassous unicinctus (Cabasu, Southern Naked-Tailed Armadillo)

Common Names

Common Names in English:

Cabasu, Southern Naked-Tailed Armadillo

Description

Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial

Ecology: It inhabits tropical lowland and submontane forest . Although it is not found in agricultural areas it possibly occurs in secondary forest. (Ref. 94998)

List of Habitats :1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland 1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - 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
        Class: Mammalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Mammals
        Subclass: Theriiformes () - (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Infraclass: Holotheria () - (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Superlegion: Trechnotheria () - Mckenna, 1975
        Legion: Cladotheria () - Mckenna, 1975
        Sublegion: Zatheria () - Mckenna, 1975
        Infralegion: Tribosphenida () - (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Supercohort: Theria () - (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Cohort: Placentalia () - (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Magnorder: Xenarthra () - (Cope, 1889) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Order: Cingulata () - (Illiger, 1811) Mckenna, 1975
        Superfamily: Dasypodoidea () - (Gray, 1821) Simpson, 1931
        Family: Dasypodidae () - (Gray, 1821) C.l. Bonaparte, 1838:111
        Subfamily: Tolypeutinae ()
        Tribe: Priodontini ()
        Genus: Cabassous () - McMurtrie, 1831
        Specific name: unicinctus - (Linnaeus, 1758)
        Scientific name: - Cabassous unicinctus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Notes

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

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Cabassous

There are approximately 5 species 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

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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.
Cuellar, E. and members of the Edentate Specialist Group 2006. Cabassous unicinctus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 14 January 2007.
Cuellar, E. & members of the Edentate Specialist Group 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 13, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 6 providers.
Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 13, 2008:

Field Museum: Mammal specimens
GBIF-Sweden: Mammals (NRM)
Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science: Mammal specimens
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
Royal Ontario Museum: Mammal specimens
The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: P. V. Lund collection in ZMUC, Copenhagen

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2482711
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-624894
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13816709
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 624894
IUCN ID: 3415
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2643