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Dasypus pilosus

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Cingulata
Familia: Dasypodidae
Subfamilia: Dasypodinae
Genus: Dasypus
Species: Dasypus pilosus

Name

Dasypus pilosus (Fitzinger, 1856)

Type locality: "Peru", montane Perú (Wetzel and Mondolfi, 1979)

References

* Dasypus pilosus on Mammal Species of the World.
* Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World : A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2-volume set(3rd ed).
* Versamml. Deutsch. Nat. Arzte, Wien, Tageblatt, 32: 123.


Vernacular names
English: Hairy Long-nosed Armadillo
Português: Tatu-peludo-de-focinho-longo

The Hairy Long-nosed Armadillo (Dasypus pilosus) is a species of armadillo in the Dasypodidae family. It is endemic to Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]


References

1. ^ Gardner, Alfred (16 November 2005). Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 95. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
2. ^ a b Meritt, M., Porini, G., Rylands, A. B. & Members of the IUCN SSC Edentate Specialist Group (2008). Dasypus pilosus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 December 2008.

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