Dasypus scalabrini Moreno and Mercerat 1891 (armadillo)

Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Alternative combination: Proeuphractus scalabrini

Belongs to Dasypus according to R. Lydekker 1894

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

Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-frugivore

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

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