Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus, 1758

Hidalgo-Mihart, Mircea G., Contreras-Moreno, Fernando M., Jesús-de la Cruz, Alejandro, Juárez-López, Rugieri, Bravata de la Cruz, Yaribeth, Pérez-Solano, Luz A., Hernández-Lara, Carolina, Friedeberg, Diana, Thornton, Dan & Koller-González, Juan M., 2017, Inventory of medium-sized and large mammals in the wetlands of Laguna de Terminos and Pantanos de Centla, Mexico, Check List 13 (6), pp. 711-726 : 715

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15560/13.6.711
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6493935
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0B3B9736-FFCD-DC1B-E457-FCD51F78BFDD
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus, 1758
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Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL

Material examined. Table 2; Figure 4.

Dasypus novemcinctus is the only species of dasypodid in Mexico (Hall 1981). This species has an armored body with 8 or 9 conspicuous scutes that make it distinct from any other mammal of the region ( Reid 2009).