2. Northern Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus sabanicola French: Tatou des savanes / German: Savannen-Glrteltier / Spanish: Mulita de Los Llanos Other common names: Llanos Long-nosed Armadillo Taxonomy. Dasypus sabanicola Mondolfi, 1968, “Hato Macanillal, Distrito Achaguas del Estado Apure,” Venezuela. A recent analysis of genomic data by M. C. Arteaga and colleagues, yet to be pub- lished, has called into question whether or not D. sabanicola should be combined with one of the subspecies of D. novemcinetus to form a single species. No final decision about this has been made, and a new name has not been proposed. Monotypic. Distribution. Llanos of Colombia and Venezuela. Descriptive notes. Head-body ¢.250-310 mm, tail 170-210 mm, ear 22-29 mm, hindfoot 60-70 mm; weight 1-2 kg. The Northern Long-nosed Armadillo was initially recognized as a separate species because it is much smaller in size than either of the other two long-nosed armadillos, the Greater Long-nosed Armadillo (D. kappleri) and the Nine-banded ... : Published as part of Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2018, Dasypodidae, pp. 30-47 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 8 Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 45, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6631721 ...