Cabassous unicinctus (Linnaeus, 1758). Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:50. TYPE LOCALITY: Surinam. DISTRIBUTION: South America E. of Andes, Venezuela south to Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Goias, and Marananhao (Brazil). COMMENT: Includes gymnurus, hispidus, loricatus, lugubris, and latirostris; see Wetzel, 1980, Ann. Carnegie Mus., 49: 344. Type locality corrected by Thomas, 1911, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1911:141. ISIS NUMBER: 5301407003002005001 as C. unicinctus. 5301407003002002001 as C. hispidus. 5301407003002003001 as C. loricatus.Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Edentata, pp. 52-57 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & ...