Cabassous | |
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Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Cingulata |
Family: | Chlamyphoridae |
Genus: |
Cabassous McMurtrie, 1831 |
Type species | |
Dasypus unicinctus |
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Species | |
Cabassous is a genus of South and Central American armadillos. The name is the Latinised form of the Kalini word for "armadillo".
The genus contains the following four species: