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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Pichi
Common Names in Spanish:
Piche
Description
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Habitat
Ecology:
This mostly solitary species is found in desert, xeric grassland
and shrubland, and Patagonian steppe
habitats
, always with sandy
soils (including volcanic soil). It can be found in some degraded
habitats. Animals have a relatively large home range
within their
arid
habitat. The female gives birth to one or two young.[1].
List of Habitats:
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.4 Shrubland - Temperate
- 3.5 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 4 Grassland
- 4.4 Grassland - Temperate
- 8 Desert
- 8.2 Desert - Temperate [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. 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
- 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
- Subfamily:
Euphractinae
()
- Tribe:
Euphractini
()
- Genus:
Zaedyus
()
- Ameghino, 1889
- Specific name:
pichiy
- (Desmarest, 1804)
- Scientific name: - Zaedyus pichiy (Desmarest, 1804)
- Specific name:
pichiy
- (Desmarest, 1804)
- Genus:
Zaedyus
(
- Tribe:
Euphractini
(
- Subfamily:
Euphractinae
(
- Family:
Dasypodidae
(
- Superfamily:
Dasypodoidea
(
- Order:
Cingulata
(
- Magnorder:
Xenarthra
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Zaedyus pichiy (Desmaret 1804)
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 15-Aug-2007
Two subspecies
are described but require confirmation: Z.
p. pichiy and Z. p. caurinus
(Gardner 2007).[1].
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Zaedyus
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More Info
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Further Reading
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- Arctoryctes and some other Chadronian vertebrate microfossils from Nebraska / [by] William D. Turnbull -- and Charles A. Reed --. [Chicago]: Chicago Natural History Museum, 1960. url p. 49.
- Biosphere Reserves, Compilation 4, October 1986: programme on man and the biosphere (MAB) IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 116.
- IUCN Directory of Neotropical Protected Areas IUCN url p. 109, p. 27.
- Journal of mammalogy. Baltimore, Md.: American Society of Mammalogists url p. 259, p. 33.
- Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url p. 619.
- Studies in neotropical mammalogy: essays in honor of Philip Hershkovitz / edited by Bruce D. Patterson, Robert M. Timm. 39 1987 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1987. url table 11 , p. 46, p. 505, p. 63, p. 80.
- The mammals of Chile, by Wifred H. Osgood. 30 1943 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1943 url p. 234, p. 260, p. 268.
- The morphology of xenarthrous vertebrae (Mammalia: Xenarthra) / Timothy J. Gaudin --. Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, 1999. url , p. 37, p. 4, p. 8.
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-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 6 providers.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- Superina, M. & Abba 2010. Zaedyus pichiy. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
- Superina, M. & members of the Edentate Specialist Group 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 20, 2008.
- Superina, M. and members of the Edentate Specialist Group 2006. Zaedyus pichiy. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Field Museum: Mammal specimens
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- Royal Ontario Museum: Mammal specimens
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Mammal specimens
- University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History: Mammal specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 110090
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-727628
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2495134
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 624907
- IUCN ID: 249440
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 12610
Footnotes
- Superina, M. & Abba 2010. Zaedyus pichiy. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. [back]
