Cabassous centralis

(G. S. Miller, 1899)

Northern Naked-tailed Armadillo

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Atlantogenata
Superorder: Xenarthra
Order: Cingulata
Suborder: Eucingulata
Superfamily: Chlamyphoroidea
Family: Tolypeutidae
Subfamily: Tolypeutinae
Tribe: Priodontini
Genus: Cabassous

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1899-01-31. Notes on the naked-tailed armadillos. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 13:1-8.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2308139

Original name as described

Tatoua (Ziphila) centralis

Type material

USNM:MAMM:19464 (= USNM:MAMM:A35382)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a9acd3ca-e13e-4991-9189-50a562990568

Type locality

"Chamelicon, " Cortés, Honduras.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Belize · Colombia · Costa Rica · Ecuador · El Salvador · Guatemala · Honduras · Mexico · Nicaragua · Panama · Venezuela

Taxonomy notes

moved from Dasypodidae to Chlamyphoridae, and more recently from Chlamyphoridae to Tolypeutidae

Taxonomy notes citation

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

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000414

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: 3 names and synonyms.

Tatoua (Ziphila) centralis

G. S. Miller, 1899

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

centralis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:19464 (= USNM:MAMM:A35382)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Chamelicon, Honduras

Type locality

Honduras: 15°25′47″N, 88°1′7″W.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a9acd3ca-e13e-4991-9189-50a562990568

Authority page

4

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2308139

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Miller (1899:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2308139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15545)

Cabassus centralis:

Trouessart, 1905

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

centralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

821

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423702

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1905:821, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423702) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)

Cabassous centralis:

E. A. Goldman, 1920

Family

Chlamyphoridae

Root name

centralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

68

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30263180

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Goldman (1920:68, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30263180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9520)
Goodwin (1946:350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
Corbet & Hill (1980:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Hall (1981:282) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Gardner (1993:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69004)
Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9690)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:91) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #3412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #3412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Feijó & Anacleto (2021:59) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/51566)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000414) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3412/47437304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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