Species details : Priodontes maximus (Kerr, 1792)

Accepted scientific name:
Priodontes maximus (Kerr, 1792) (accepted name) 5 literature references for Priodontes maximus  (Kerr, 1792)
Synonyms:
Priodontes giganteus (G. Fischer, 1814) (synonym) 2 literature references for Priodontes giganteus (G. Fischer, 1814)
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Giant Armadillo English - Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Mammalia ITIS Global
Order Cingulata ITIS Global
Family Dasypodidae ITIS Global
Genus Priodontes ITIS Global
Distribution: South America
Lifezones: -
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Gardner A.L, 15-Aug-2007
Source database: ITIS Global, Dec 2014   99%
Bibliographic citation: Orrell T. (custodian) (2025). ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (version Dec 2014). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=624904
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:23a93756-c365-11e4-869f-239583ce8323:col20150401