Dasypus patagonicus Ameghino 1887 (armadillo)

Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Alternative combination: Proeuphractus patagonicus

Belongs to Dasypus according to F. Ameghino 1889

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

Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-frugivore

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

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