Tamandua tetradactyla

Tamandua tetradactyla

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Chordata Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Superordo: Xenarthra
Ordo: Pilosa
Subordo: Vermilingua
Familia: Myrmecophagidae
Genus: Tamandua
Species: Tamandua tetradactyla
Subspecies: T. t. nigra - T. t. quichua - T. t. straminea - T. t. tetradactyla

Name

Tamandua tetradactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type locality: "America meridionali", Brazil, Pernambuco, Recife (Thomas, 1911)

Synonyms

• Myrmecophaga tamandua G. Cuvier, 1798
• Tamandua longicaudata (Turner, 1853)
• Tamandua longicauda Vesey-FitzGerald, 1936
• Tamandua longicauda Rode, 1937
• Tamandua longicaudata var. nigra Beaux, 1908
• Tamandua longicaudata mexianae Cabrera, 1958
• Tamandua tetradactyla Linnaeus, 1758

References

• Tamandua tetradactyla in Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (eds) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).
• Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp : page 35.
• Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214
• IUCN link: Tamandua tetradactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Southern Tamandua
Español: Oso mielero
Nederlands: Zuidelijke boommiereneter
日本語: ミナミコアリクイ
Polski: Tamandua południowy
Português: Tamanduá-mirim
Türkçe: Küçük karıncayiyen

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