Cabassous

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Superordo: Xenarthra
Ordo: Cingulata

Familia: Chlamyphoridae
Subfamilia: Tolypeutinae
Genus: Cabassous
Species: C. centralis - C. chacoensis - C. tatouay - C. unicinctus

Name

Cabassous McMurtrie, 1831

Type species: Dasypus unicinctus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms

Arizostus Gloger, 1841
Lysiurus Ameghino, 1891
Tatoua Gray, 1865
Xenurus Wagler, 1830
Ziphila Gray, 1873

References

Cabassous in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Anim. Kingdom 1: 164.
Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Nacktschwanzgürteltiere
English: Naked-tailed Armadillos
italiano: Armadillo
日本語: スベオアルマジロ属
português: tatu-de-rabo-mole, cabaçu, cabuçu, tatuaíva, tatuxima
русский: Голохвостые броненосцы

Cabassous is a genus of South and Central American armadillos.[1] The name is the Latinised form of the Kalini word for "armadillo".[2]

Cladogram of living Cabassous[3]

Cabassous

C. tatouay C. chacoensis C. centralis C. unicinctus

The genus contains the following four species:[4]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	C. centralis	Northern naked-tailed armadillo	from Chiapas in southern Mexico to western Colombia, northwestern Ecuador and northwestern Venezuela
	C. chacoensis	Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo	the Gran Chaco region of western Paraguay and north-central Argentina
	C. tatouay	Greater naked-tailed armadillo	southern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and Uruguay and extreme north-eastern Argentina
	C. unicinctus	Southern naked-tailed armadillo	northern South America east of the Andes, as far south as northern Paraguay and southern Brazil.

References

Gardner, A.L. (2005). "Order Cingulata". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 97–98. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Hayssen, V. (2014). "Cabassous unicinctus". Mammalian Species (907): 16–23. doi:10.1644/907.
Gibb, Gillian C.; Condamine, Fabien L.; Kuch, Melanie; Enk, Jacob; Moraes-Barros, Nadia; Superina, Mariella; Poinar, Hendrik N.; Delsuc, Frédéric (2015). "Shotgun Mitogenomics Provides a Reference PhyloGenetic Framework and Timescale for Living Xenarthrans". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 33 (3): 621–642. doi:10.1093/molbev/msv250. PMC 4760074. PMID 26556496.
"Cabassous". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 17 March 2011.