Dasypus kappleri Krauss, 1862 . Archiv Naturgesch., 28(1):20.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Den Urwäldern des Marowiniflusse in Surinam;" restricted to the neighborhood of Albina near the mouth of the Marowijne River by Husson (1978) .

DISTRIBUTION: Colombia (east of the Andes), Venezuela (south of the Orinoco), Guyana, Surinam, and south through the Amazon Basin of Brazil, Ecuador and Peril.

SYNONYMS: beniensis Lönnberg, 1942; pastasae Thomas, 1901; pentadactylus Peters, 1864.