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Family DASYPODID^. 



Subfamily Dasypodin^. 



Genus DASYPUS Linnaeus. 



1758. DasypusLiiNNJEVs, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 50. Type 

 by tautonymy, Dasypus noveracinctus Linn^us. 



For use of tliis name in place of Tatu Blumenbach (Handb. der Natur- 

 gesch., p. 73, 1799) see Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1911, p. 141, March, 

 1911. 



*Dasypus novemcinctus fenestratus (Peters). 



1864. Dasypus fenestratus Peters, Monatsber. k. preuss. Akad. 

 Wissenscli. Berlin, p. 180. 



1873. Tatusia mexicana Gray, Hand-list Edentate, Thick- 

 skinned, and Ruminant Mammals Brit. Mus., p. 14. Mexico. 

 (Name restricted by Bailey, North Amer. Fauna, No. 25, 

 p. 52, October 24, 1905, to the form occurring in Cohma.) 



1911. Dasypus novemcinctus fenestratus G. M. Allen, Bull. Mus. 

 Comp. Zool., vol. 54, p. 199. July, 1911. 



Type Locality. — Costa Rica. 



Dasypus novemcinctus hoplites G. M. Allen. 



1911. Dasypus novemcinctus Tioplites G. M. Allen, Bull. Mus. 



Comp. Zool., vol. 54, p. 195. July, 1911. 

 Type Locality. — Hills back of Gouyave, Grenada, Lesser 

 Antilles. 



'f*Dasypus novemcinctus tesanus (Bailey). 



1885. Tatusia novem-cinctus True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 



(1884), p. 588. 1885. (Part.) 

 1905. Tatu novemcinctum texanum Bailey, North Amer. Fauna, 



No. 25, p. 52. October 24, 1905. 

 Type Locality. — Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas. 



Subfamily Cabassouin^. 



Genus CABASSOUS McMurtrie. 



1831. Cabassous McMurtrie, Cuvier's Anim. Kingd., vol. 1, p. 

 164. Type, Dasypus unicinctus Linn.^us. 



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, 

 vol. 13, p. 71, September 28, 1899. 



