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Taxon: Species Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758 - giant anteater (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank, combination & spelling Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 35.

Types

Type ofMyrmecophaga (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: 1901a [new]
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Myrmecophaga tridactyla tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

Synonymous nameMyrmecophaga centralis Lyon, 1906 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous nameMyrmecophaga jubata Linnaeus Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full nameyoeroemi
grote miereneter

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namegiant anteater Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
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