Tamandua

Tamandua tetradactyla

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vermilingua

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Ordo: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohort: Theria Cohort: Eutheria Cohort: Placentalia Superordo: Xenarthra Ordo: Pilosa Subordo: Vermilingua

Familia: Myrmecophagidae
Genus: Tamandua
Species (3): T. longicaudata – T. mexicana – T. tetradactyla

Name

Tamandua Gray, 1825

Type species: Myrmecophaga tamandua G. Cuvier, 1798

Synonyms

Ameisenbaer Tamandua ForestFinance Panama

• Dryoryx Gloger, 1841
• Tamanduas F. Cuvier, 1829
• Uroleptes Wagler, 1830
• Uropeltes Alston, 1880

References

• Tamandua in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Ann. Philos., n.s., 10: 343.
• Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214

Vernacular names

English: Tamandua
polski: tamandua
ไทย: ทาแมนดัว
中文: 小食蚁兽属

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