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Family DASYPODIDAB. 

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Subfamily DASYPODIN.AE. 



Genus CABASSOUS McMurtrie. 



1831. Cabassous McMuRTRiE, Cuvier's anim. kingd., i, p. 164. 

 Type. Dasypus unicinctus LINNAEUS. 



For use of this name in place of the preoccupied Xenurus 

 (WAGLER, Nat. Syst. d. Amphibien, p. 36, 1830), see Palmer, Proc. 

 biol. soc. Washington, xin, p. 71, September 28, 1899. 



Cabassous centralis (Miller). 



1899. Tatoua (Ziphila) centralis MILLER, Proc. biol. soc, 

 Washington, xni, p. 4. January 31, 1899. 



1899. Cabassous'] centralis PALMER, Proc. biol. soc. Wash- 

 ington, xin, p. 72. September 28, 1899. 



TYPE LOCALITY. Chamelicon, Honduras. 



Subfamily TATUINAE. 



Genus TATU Blumenbach. 



1799. Tatu BLUMENBACH, Handb. der Naturgesch., p. 73. Type. 

 Dasypus novemcinctus LINNAEUS. 



For use of this name in place of Tatusia (LESSON, Man. de mam- 

 malogie, p. 309, 1827), see Palmer, Proc. biol. soc. Washington, 

 xi, p. 174, June 9; 1897. 



*Tatu novemcinctum (Linnaeus). 



1758. [Dasypus~] novemcinctus LINNAEUS, Syst. nat., x ed., 

 i, p. 51. 



