Mammalia - Placentalia - Dasypodidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 161184

Alternative combinations: Dasypus novemcinctus, Tatusia novemcincta

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Dasypus (Dasypus) according to A. D. Rincón et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Dasypus (Dasypus) hybridus, Dasypus (Dasypus) sabanicola, Dasypus (Dasypus) septemcinctus, Dasypus (Dasypus) yepesi

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Average measurements (in mm): femur length 75.2, humerus length 56.4, scapula 42.0 x 42.0, tibia length 66.1, ulna length 41.4

Estimated body mass: 880.5 g based on femur length, humerus length, tibia length, and ulna length