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Myrmecophagidae
Gray, 1825
- anteaters
(mammal)
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Entity:
Vermilingua (Suborder) - anteaters
..†Argyromanis (Genus)
..Cyclopedidae (Family)
..†Orthoarthrus (Genus)
..Myrmecophagidae (Family) - anteaters
....Myrmecophaga (Genus) - giant anteater
....†Neotamandua (Genus)
....†Promyrmephagus (Genus)
....†Protamandua (Genus)
....Tamandua (Genus) - lesser anteaters
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
(Gray, 1825) Bonaparte, 1838
Unavailable original name
:
Fischer [von Waldheim], G. 1814.
Zoognosia tabulis synopticis illustrata
. Nicolai Sergeidis Vsevolozsky, Mosquae
: IX, 109-110.
Original name
:
Gray, 1825:343.
Subsequent rank
:
Bonaparte, 1838:111.
Types
Type
:
Myrmecophaga
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Adiastaltidae
(Family)
Ameghino, 1894
Ref:
PBDB
: 22 Feb 2016.
Synonymous name
:
Anathitidae
(Family)
Ameghino, 1894
Ref:
PBDB
: 22 Feb 2016.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
miereneters
Ref:
1992
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
anteaters
:
American anteaters
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
:
vermilinguas
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
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