PART III: EDENTATA, DASYPODID.JE. 815 
Name, authority, and date. Type or included species, and locatities. 
Mamtatusiusus Herrera, 1899...... Modification of Tutusia Cuvier, 1827. 
Matacus RAFINESQUE, 1815 ......... Dasypus sp. (nomen nudum). 
Meteutatus AMEGHINO, 1902......... Proéutatus lageniformis, Patagonia. 
Mulptia GRAY, 1374.7---0--:2: 7-22 Dasypus septemcinctus (= D. hybridus), South 
America. 
Ocnotherium Lunp, 1842. ........... Chlamydotherium gigas, Rio das Velhas, Brazil. 
Orthutaetus AMEGHINO, 1902 .__. ~~ ~~ Orthutaetus crenulatus, O. clavatus, Patagonia. 
Pachyzaedyus AMEGHINO, 1902...... Pachyzaedyus cuneiformis, Patagonia. 
Pampatherium AMEGHINO, 1880...... Pampathervum typhus, Rio Frias, Argentina. 
(See footnote under Chlamydotherium. ) 
Parutaetus AMEGHINO, 1902 ........ Parutaetus chicoensis, P. clusus, P. signatus, Pata- 
gonia. 
?Peltariophorus BiLtLBERG, 1828 ..... Nomen nudum, following Dasypus and Cata- 
phractus. 
Peltecoelus AMEGHINO, 1902 ........ Peltecoelus prelucens, Patagonia. 
Peltephilus AMEGHINO, 1887......... Peltephilus strepens, P. pumilus, Patagonia. 
Polygomphius GroGER, 1841 ... .... New name for Priodon (= Priodontes) Cuvier, 
) 1827. (See Cheloniscus Wagler.) 
Posteutatus AMEGHINO, 1902......... Posteutatus indentatus, P. scabridus, P. indemnis, 
Patagonia. 
Preuphractus AMEGHINO 1889....... See Prouphractus Ameghino, 1886. 
Praopus BuRMEISTER, 1854.......... Dasypus longicaudus, Brazil. 
Priodontes @ CuviER, 1827........... Priodontes giganteus ( = Dasypus gigas), Paraguay. 
Prodasypus AMEGHINO, 1894........ Euphractus patagonicus, Rio Santa Cruz; Dasy- 
: pus hesternus, Rio Gallegos, Patagonia.  , 
Preuphractus AMEGHINO, 1886 ...... Preuphractus limpidus, Paraná, Argentina. 
Proeutatus AMEGHINO, 1891:........ Eutatus cnophorum, southern Patagonia. 
Propraopus AMEGHINO, 1881........ Propraopus grandis, Argentina. 
Prostegotherium AMEGHINO, 1902 ..... Prostegotherium notostylopianum, P. astrifer, Pat- 
agonia. 
Prozaedius AMEGHINO, 1891......... Zaedius proximus (type), Z. exilis, Z. minimus, 
southern Patagonia. 
Pseudeutatus AMEGHINO, 1902....... -seudeutatus clypeus, Patagonia. 
Pseudostegotherium Amecuino, 1902 . Pseudostegotherium glangeaudi, Patagonia. 
Pseudotroctes GLoGER, 1841......... Dasypus setosus, Brazil. 
Sadypus AMEGHINO, 1902........... Sadypus confluens, S. ascendens, S. nepotulus, 
Patagonia. 
Scleropleura MiLvE-EpwaRps, 1871.. Scleropleura bruneti, Province of Ceara, Brazil. 
Sphaerocormus Firzincer, 1871 ..... Tolypeutes conurus, Proy. Santa Cruz, Argentina. 
Stegotherium AMEGHINO, 1887 ....... Stegotherium tessellatum, southern Patagonia. 
Stenotatus AMEGHINO, 1891 ......... Stenotatus karaikensis, southern Patagonia. 
MatouarGonawye I SOD=. co -r Tm Dasypus unicinctus, South America. (See Ca- 
bassous and Arizostus. ) 
Ta tmpuRISCHU dec eec The Armadillo. Thetypeof Tatu Blumenbach, 
1779, is Dasypus novemcinctus, Brazil. 
Tatusia (OVER 1927.---85.:-----7---- Dasypus epar, Argentina; D. quadricinctus, South 
America; D. peba, Brazil and Paraguay; D. 
hybridus, Paraguay; D. tatoway, Guiana and 
Brazil; D. villosus, Pampas, Argentina; D. mi- 
nutus, Port Desire, Patagonia. 


«The earliest form of this word as a generic name is Priodontes ( Priodon usually 
quoted from Cuvier, 1822, isa French name). It has been modified into Priodon 
l , , 
MeMvnrRIE, 1831; Prionodon Gray, 1843; Priodonta GRAY, 1843; and Prionodos GRAY. 
1865. 
