Cabassous tatouay (Desmarest, 1804) . Tabi. Meth. Hist. Nat., in Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., 24:28.

TYPE LOCALITY: Paraguay, restricted to "a 27° de lat. sur" by Cabrera (1958) .

DISTRIBUTION: Uruguay, S Brazil, SE Paraguay, and NE Argentina.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix III (Uruguay).

SYNONYMS: dasycercus G. Fischer, 1814; gymnurus Olfers, 1818; nudicaudus Lund, 1839.