Cabassous is a genus of South and Central American armadillos. The name is the Latinised form of the Kalini word for "armadillo".
Cladogram of living Cabassous
The genus contains the following four species: Image Scientific name Common name Distribution C. centralis Northern naked-tailed armadillo from Chiapas in southern Mexico to western Colombia, northwestern Ecuador and northwestern Venezuela C. chacoensis Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo the Gran Chaco region of western Paraguay and north-central Argentina C. tatouay Greater naked-tailed armadillo southern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and Uruguay and extreme north-eastern Argentina C. unicinctus Southern naked-tailed armadillo northern South America east of the Andes, as far south as northern Paraguay and southern Brazil.
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