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Monotypic taxon:
Genus
Myrmecophaga
Linnaeus, 1758
- giant anteater
(mammal)
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Entity:
Myrmecophagidae (Family) - anteaters
..†Neotamandua (Genus)
..†Promyrmephagus (Genus)
..†Protamandua (Genus)
..Tamandua (Genus) - lesser anteaters
..Myrmecophaga (Genus) - giant anteater
....Myrmecophaga tridactyla (Species) - giant anteater
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Unavailable original name & rank
:
Linnaeus, C. 1748.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 6)
: 2, 8.
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 35.
Types
Type of
:
Myrmecophagidae
(Family)
Gray, 1825
Type, by subsequent designation
:
Myrmecophaga tridactyla
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
1901a
[
new
]
Variants
Unavailable name
:
Myrmecophaga
(Genus)
nom. inval.
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Falcifer
(Genus)
Rehn, 1900
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Nunezia
(Genus)
Dyar, 1928
Ref:
PBDB
: 22 Feb 2016.
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
giant anteater
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