The correct name of the endemic Dasypus (Cingulata: Dasypodidae) from northwestern Argentina

摘要

We show that Dasypus mazzai Yepes 1933 is a senior synonym of Dasypus yepesi Vizcaino 1995. We present morphological evidence that the holotype of D. mazzai is not a juvenile of Dasypus novemcinctus or any other species of this genus, but a distinct endemic species from northwestern Argentina undistinguishable from D. yepesi. Therefore, the correct name for the long-nosed armadillo of intermediate size occurring in the Argentinean provinces of Jujuy and Salta is Dasypus mazzai Yepes 1933.