Tolypeutes Illiger, 1811 . Prodr. Syst. Mamm. Avium., p. 111.

TYPE SPECIES: Dasypus tricinctus Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation (Yepes, 1928).

SYNONYMS: Apara McMurtrie, 1831; Cheloniscus Gray, 1873 (preoccupied); Sphaerocormus Fitzinger, 1871; Tatusia Lesson, 1827; Tolypoides Grandidier and Neveu-Lemaire, 1905 .

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Wetzel (1985b).