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Myrmecophaga tridactyla
Linnaeus, 1758
- giant anteater
(mammal)
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Myrmecophaga (Genus) - giant anteater
..Myrmecophaga tridactyla (Species) - giant anteater
....Myrmecophaga tridactyla artata (Subspecies)
....Myrmecophaga tridactyla centralis (Subspecies)
....Myrmecophaga tridactyla tridactyla (Subspecies)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank, combination & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 35.
Types
Type of
:
Myrmecophaga
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
1901a
[
new
]
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Myrmecophaga tridactyla tridactyla
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Myrmecophaga centralis
Lyon, 1906
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Myrmecophaga jubata
Linnaeus
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
yoeroemi
:
grote miereneter
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
giant anteater
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
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