- The
Myrmecophagidae are a
family of anteaters, the name
being derived from the
Ancient Gr****
words for 'ant' and 'eat' (myrmeco- and phagos). Two genera...
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anteater (C. didactylus)
Genus †Palaeomyrmidon (Rovereto 1914)
Family Myrmecophagidae Genus Myrmecophaga Giant anteater (M. tridactyla)
Genus †Neotamandua...
- with the
semiarboreal northern and
southern tamanduas in the
family Myrmecophagidae.
Together with the
family Cyclopedidae,
whose only
extant member is...
- (Tamandua mexicana) is a
species of tamandua, an
anteater in the
family Myrmecophagidae. They live in
tropical and
subtropical forests from
southern Mexico...
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November 2012. Hayssen, V. (2011). "Tamandua
tetradactyla (Pilosa:
Myrmecophagidae)".
Mammalian Species. 43 (1): 64–74. doi:10.1644/875.1. Barros, M.C...
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Tamandua is a
genus of
anteaters in the
Myrmecophagidae family with two species: the
southern tamandua (T. tetradactyla) and the
northern tamandua (T...
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contains two families: Cyclopedidae,
containing a
single species, and
Myrmecophagidae,
containing three species in two genera.
Dozens of
extinct prehistoric...
- (Anteaters)
Family Cyclopedidae Po**** 1924 (Silky anteaters)
Family Myrmecophagidae Gray 1825
Suborder Folivora Delsuc et al. 2001 (Sloths) Superfamily...
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Timothy J.; Branham,
Daniel G. (1998-09-01). "The
Phylogeny of the
Myrmecophagidae (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Vermilingua) and the
Relationship of Eurotamandua...
- are
grouped together in the
clade Glires.
Anteaters of the
family Myrmecophagidae are
unusual in that they lack a
defined cervix; they are
thought to...
