Tamandua mexicana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vermilingua
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Superordo: Xenarthra Ordo: Pilosa Subordo: Vermilingua

Familia: Myrmecophagidae
Genus: Tamandua
Species: Tamandua mexicana
Subspecies (4): T. m. instabilis – T. m. mexicana – T. m. opistholeuca – T. m. punensis

Name

Tamandua mexicana (Saussure, 1860)

Type locality: México, "Tabasco"

Synonyms

Myrmecophaga quadridactyla True, 1884

References

Primary references

Saussure, H.L.F. 1860. Rev. Mag. Zool. Paris ser. 2, 12: 9.
True, F.W. 1884. A provisional list of the mammals of the North and Central America, and the West Indian Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 78: 587–611. Reference page.

Additional references

Tamandua mexicana 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.
Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4

Links

IUCN: Tamandua mexicana (Saussure, 1860) (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

Boarisch: Nérdlicher Tamandua
Deutsch: Nördlicher Tamandua
English: Northern Tamandua
español: Tamandua
magyar: Északi hangyász
Nederlands: Noordelijke boommiereneter
polski: Tamandua północny
தமிழ்: மெக்சிக்கோ எறும்புண்ணி