Dasyphractus vellerosus

(J. E. Gray, 1865)

Screaming Hairy Armadillo

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Atlantogenata
Superorder: Xenarthra
Order: Cingulata
Suborder: Eucingulata
Superfamily: Chlamyphoroidea
Family: Euphractidae
Subfamily: Euphractinae
Genus: Dasyphractus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1865-10. Revision of the genera and species of entomophagous Edentata, founded on the examination of the specimens in the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865(2):359-386.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497331

Original name as described

Dasypus vellerosus

Other common names

Lesser Hairy Armadillo · Small Hairy Armadillo · Andean Hairy Armadillo

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1847.11.22.20

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/15a5b739-6de7-4c08-983c-dff0f8ff638e

Type locality

"Santa Cruz de la Sierra, " Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina · Bolivia · Chile · Paraguay · Peru?

Taxonomy notes

includes nationi; moved from Chaetophractus to Dasyphractus based on recently published molecular and morphological data; moved from Dasypodidae to Chlamyphoridae, and more recently from Chlamyphoridae to Euphractidae

Taxonomy notes citation

Abba, A.M., Cassini, G.H., Valverde, G., Tilak, M.-K., Vizcaíno, S.F., Superina, M. and Delsuc, F. 2015. Systematics of hairy armadillos and the taxonomic status of the Andean hairy armadillo (Chaetophractus nationi). Journal of Mammalogy 96(4):673-689. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyv082 · Gibb, G.C., Condamine, F.L., Kuch, M., Enk, J., Moraes-Barros, N., Superina, M., Poinar, H.N. and Delsuc, F. 2016. 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 · Casali, D. de M., Castro, M.C., Ciancio, M.R., Gaudin, T.J., Bramblett, J.L., Boscaini, A., Perini, F.A. and Langer, M.C. 2026. Unravelling the phylogeny of armadillos and their kin (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) combining morphological, molecular, and stratigraphic data. Cladistics (in press). doi:10.1111/cla.70048

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000410

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 17 names and synonyms.

Cryptophractus brevirostris

Fitzinger, 1861

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

brevirostris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

385, 395

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6438311 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6438454

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1861:385, 395, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6438311, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6438454) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39159)

Dasypus vellerosus

J. E. Gray, 1865

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

vellerosus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1847.11.22.20

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Type locality

Bolivia: Santa Cruz Department: 17°47′S, 63°10′56″W.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/15a5b739-6de7-4c08-983c-dff0f8ff638e

Authority page

376

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497331

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Gray (1865:376, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37250)
Gray (1869:381, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397300) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)
Sclater (1872:111, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037888) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
Lahille (1899:204, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147070) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
Thomas (1902:244, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16332)
Trouessart (1905:820, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423701) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)

Dasypus vellerosus

J. E. Gray, 1865

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

vellerosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

557

Authority page URI

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/osu.32435024899031?urlappend=%3Bseq=571%3Bownerid=13510798903117922-575

Authority publication

The Athenaeum

Name usages

Gray (1865:557, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/osu.32435024899031?urlappend=%3Bseq=571%3Bownerid=13510798903117922-575) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69413)

Dasyphractus brevirostris

Fitzinger, 1871

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

brevirostris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Südamerika, Bolivia, wo Bridges diese Art im Departement Santa Cruz de la Sierra getroffen, und Chili, von wo Zelebor ein Exemplar in das kaiserliche zoologische Museum nach Wien gebracht, das aus den Cordilleren stammen Soll; und aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach auch Mittel-Amerika, Britisch Guiana, wo Schomburgk diese Form beobachtet zu haben scheint.

Type locality

Chile.

Authority page

264

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34496688

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1871:264, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34496688) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67514)
Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9690)

Chætophractus vellerosus:

J. E. Gray, 1873

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

vellerosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

19

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13237162

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Gray (1873:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13237162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38716)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:55) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Gardner (1993:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69004)
Anderson (1997:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9690)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
D'Elía, Canto-Hernández, Ossa, Verde-Arregoitia, Bostelmann, Iriarte, Amador, Quiroga-Carmona, Hurtado, Cadenillas & Valdez (2020:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67620)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/89604632/119877197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dasypus Nationi

O. Thomas, 1894

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

nationi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1893.9.9.1

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Orujo, Bolivia

Type locality

Bolivia: Oruro Department.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3847e18c-a2de-45d8-98d2-9facdc3441bd

Authority page

70

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19242410

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Trouessart (1905:820, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423701) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)

Dasypus vellerosus pannosus

O. Thomas, 1902

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

pannosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.2.5.31

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Cruz del Eje, Central Cordova

Type locality

Argentina: Córdoba (Argentina): 30°44′S, 64°48′W.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/16ad1092-06bb-4e25-9a12-52383d659c75

Authority page

244

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331529

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1902:244, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16332)
Trouessart (1905:820, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423701) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)

Dasypus boliviensis

G. Grandidier & Neveu-Lemaire, 1908

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

boliviensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type locality

Bolivia: Potosí Department.

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5030828

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9690)

Dasypus villerosus:

G. Grandidier & Neveu-Lemaire, 1908

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

villerosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

6

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42999801

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

Euphractus vellerosus:

Weber, 1928

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

vellerosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

220

Authority publication

Jena

Name usages

Weber (1928:220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69650)
Corbet & Hill (1980:20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

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