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Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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SPECIES
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Published in
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Syst. Nat., 10th ed. vol.1 p.35
Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Chordata
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class
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Mammalia
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order
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Pilosa
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family
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Myrmecophagidae
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genus
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Myrmecophaga
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species
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Myrmecophaga tridactyla
Name
- Synonyms
- Myrmecophaga centralis Lyon, 1906
- Tamandua tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Homonyms
- Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758
- Common names
- Ant Bear in English
- Giant Anteater in English
- Giant Anteater in English
- Giant Anteater in English
- Giant Anteater in English
- Giant anteater in language.
- Great Anteater in English
- GroRer Ameisenbar in English
- Großer Ameisenbär in German
- Oso hormiguero gigante in English
- Tamanoir in English
- giant anteater in language.
- giant anteater in English
- giant anteater in English
- Giant Anteater in English
- Grand Fourmilier in French
- Hormiguero Gigante in Spanish
- Oso Caballo in Spanish
- Oso Hormiguero in Spanish
- Oso Palmero in Spanish
- Tamanduá Bandeira in Portuguese
- Tamanoir in French
Bibliographic References
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ALBERICO M, A CADENA, JI HERNÁNDEZ-CAMACHO y Y MUÑOZ-SABA. 2000b. Mamíferos (Synapsida: Theria) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 1:43-75.
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Gardner, Alfred L., ed., 2007: null. Mammals of South America, Vol. 1: Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats. xx + 669.
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International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 22 Addition to the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology of (a) the specific names of fifty-seven species, each of which is the type species of a genus in the class Mammalia, the name of which was placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936, and (B) of the specific names of two species belonging to the same class, each of which is currently regarded as the oldest available name for the type species of a genus, the name of which was placed on the Official List in the same period.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1C(C13), 179-200 (1955)
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Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
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Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
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Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.