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Dasypus yepesi

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 yepesi

Name

Dasypus yepesi Vizcaíno, 1995

Type locality: Argentina, Salta, San Andrés

References

* Dasypus yepesi 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).
* Mastozool. Trop. 2: 7.

Vernacular names
English: Yepes's Mulita
Português: Tatu-de-Yepes

Yepes's Mulita (Dasypus yepesi) is a species of armadillo in the Dasypodidae family. It is endemic to Argentina. Its natural habitat is subtropical dry forests.[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 Vizcaino, S. & Members of the IUCN SSC Edentate Specialist Group (2008). Dasypus yepesi. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 December 2008.

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