Priodontes maximus

Familia: Chlamyphoridae
Subfamilia: Tolypeutinae
Genus: Priodontes
Species:

Priodontes maximus (Kerr, 1792)

Type locality: French Guiana, "Cayenne"

• Dasypus maximus Kerr, 1792 [Protonym]
• Dasypus giganteus Geoffroy, 1803
• Priodontes giganteus (Geoffroy, 1803)
• Cheloniscus gigas Cuvier, 1817
• Dasypus gigas (Cuvier, 1817)
• Priodonta gigas Cuvier, 1817
• Prionodon gigas (Cuvier, 1817)
• Prionodontes gigas (Cuvier, 1817)
• Prionodos gigas (Cuvier, 1817)
• Dasypus gigans Schmid 1818
• Tatus grandis (Olfers, 1818)

• Kerr, R. 1792. The animal kingdom or zoological system, of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus. Class I. Mammalia. A. Strahan and T. Cadell: London; W. Creech: Edinburgh. XII + 30 unnumbered + 1–400 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Thomas, O. 1880. On mammals from Ecuador. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 48(3): 393–403, figs 1-3, pl. 38. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1880.tb06571.x BHL Reference page. 

• Linnaeus: Anim. Kingdom, p. 112.
• Leite Pitman, R., G. Powell, D. Cruz, M. Escobedo, K. Escobar, V. Vilca & A. Mendoza. 2004. Habitat use and activity of the giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus): Preliminary data from southeastern Peru. Book of Abstracts: Society for Conservation Biology Annual Meeting 2004. Columbia University, New York, USA. Available from http://www.conbio.org/images/content_about_scb/scb_2004_ny_abstracts.pdf and http://www.academia.edu/2314751/Habitat_Use_and_Activity_of_the_Giant_Armadillo_Priodontes_maximus_Preliminary_Data_from_Southeastern_Peru
• Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.)  2005. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page. 

• Priodontes maximus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• IUCN: Priodontes maximus (Kerr, 1792) (Vulnerable)
• Priodontes maximus (Kerr, 1792) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• [1] Listed animal in CITES Appendix I

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