Cabassous
Sign in to saveCabassous is a genus of South and Central American armadillos. The name is the Latinised form of the Kalini word for "armadillo".
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderCingulata
- FamilyDasypodidae
Observations recorded1,962
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 18
- Family
- Dasypodidae
- Collections
- AMNH, LACM, FMNH, UTCM, NHMUK, KU
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Per̼, Guyana, Zoo
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Tolypeutinae
- Image
- Cabassous chacoensis eating.jpg
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- Commons category
- Cabassous
- taxon name
- Cabassous
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Cabassous
- time period
- Holocene
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Cabassous is a genus of South and Central American armadillos. The name is the Latinised form of the Kalini word for "armadillo".
Cladogram of living Cabassous
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