Dasypus Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:50.

TYPE SPECIES: Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus, 1758, by Linnaean tautonomy.

SYNONYMS: Cachicamus McMurtrie, 1831; Cataphractus Storr, 1780; Hyperoambon Peters, 1864; Loricatus Desmarest, 1804; Muletia Gray, 1874; Praopus Burmeister, 1854; Tatù Blumenbach, 1779; Tatusia Lesson, 1827; Zonoplites Gloger, 1841 .

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Wetzel (1985b) and Wetzel and Mondolfi (1979).