Dasypus longicaudatus Kerr 1792 (armadillo)

Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Alternative combination: Tatusia longicaudatus

Belongs to Dasypus according to R. Kerr 1792

Sister taxa: Dasypus (Cryptophractus), Dasypus (Dasypus), Dasypus (Hyperoambon), Dasypus argentinus, Dasypus bellus, Dasypus hesternus, Dasypus laevisculptus, Dasypus moreni, Dasypus neogaeus, Dasypus patagonicus, Dasypus peba, Dasypus platensis, Dasypus proximus, Dasypus scalabrini, Dasypus tarijensis, Dasypus villosus

Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-frugivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Dasypus longicaudatus in the database

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