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Taxon: Family Myrmecophagidae Gray, 1825 - anteaters (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Edentata

Subsequent positions

Vermilingua (Suborder) Gray, 1869

Original entries

Questionably Neotamandua (Genus) Rovereto, 1914
Questionably Promyrmephagus (Genus) Ameghino, 1904
Questionably Protamandua (Genus) Ameghino, 1904

Subsequent entries

Myrmecophaga (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
Tamandua (Genus) Gray, 1825

Current position

Vermilingua (Suborder) Gray, 1869 Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).

Alternative positions

Myrmecophagoidea (Superfamily)
Pilosa (Order) Flower, 1883 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 443.
Pilosa (Infraorder) Flower, 1883 Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 580.
Vermilingua (Infraorder) Gray, 1869 Ref: K.D. Rose et al., 2005: table 8.1.
Xenarthra (Suborder) Cope, 1889 Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1035.
Xenarthra (Order) Cope, 1889 Ref: A.L. Gardner, 1993: 67.

Historical positions

Vermilingua (Suborder) Gray, 1869 Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).
Pilosa (Order) Flower, 1883 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 443.
Vermilingua (Suborder) Gray, 1869 Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 57.
Pilosa (Order) Flower, 1883 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 401.
Vermilingua (Infraorder) Gray, 1869 Ref: K.D. Rose et al., 2005: table 8.1.
Vermilingua (Suborder) Gray, 1869 Ref: A.L. Gardner, 2005: 102.
Vermilingua (Suborder) Gray, 1869 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 92.
Edentata (Order) Vicq-d'Azyr, 1792 Ref: 1995
Xenarthra (Order) Cope, 1889 Ref: A.L. Gardner, 1993: 67; 4.
Xenarthra (Order) Cope, 1889 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 23.
Vermilingua (Infraorder) Gray, 1869 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 648.
Xenarthra (Suborder) Cope, 1889 Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1035.
Pilosa (Infraorder) Flower, 1883 Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 580.

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 2g;3s;11ss; †3g;1s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 2g;3s;11ss; †3g
2011 D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 57 2g;3s
2005 A.L. Gardner [2g;3s;11ss]
1997 M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell [2g; †3g]
1993 A.L. Gardner 3g;4s
1991 G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill [3g];4s
1982 A.F. DeBlase 3g;[3s]
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