Chaetophractus Fitzinger, 1871 . Sitzb. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wein, 64(1):268.

TYPE SPECIES: Dasypus villosus (Desmarest, 1804) by subsequent designation (Yepes, 1928).

SYNONYMS: Dasyphractus Fitzinger, 1871; Loricatus Desmarest, 1804 (part); Tatus Olfers, 1818 (part); Tatusia Lesson, 1827 (part).

COMMENTS: Formerly included in Euphractus (see Wetzel, 1985b)