Cabassous tatouay (Desmarest 1804)

[Loricatus] tatouay Desmarest 1804, Tabl. Meth. Hist. Nat., in: Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., Vol. 24: 28.

Type Locality: Paraguay, restricted to "a 27° de lat. Sur" by Cabrera (1958).

Vernacular Names: Greater Naked-tailed Armadillo.

Synonyms: Cabassous gymnurus (Olfers 1818); Cabassous lugubris (Gray 1873); Cabassous nudicaudus (Lund 1839) .

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

Conservation: CITES – Appendix III (Uruguay); IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).