Mammalia - Xenarthra - Dasypodidae

Belongs to Dasypus (Dasypus) according to A. D. Rincón et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Dasypus (Dasypus) hybridus, Dasypus (Dasypus) novemcinctus, Dasypus (Dasypus) sabanicola, Dasypus (Dasypus) septemcinctus

Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-frugivore