Subfamily Myrmecophaginae (edentate)
Mammalia - Xenarthra - Myrmecophagidae
Parent taxon: Myrmecophagidae according to T. J. Gaudin and D. G. Branham 1998
Sister taxa: Myrmecophaga, Myrmecophagina, Palaeomyrmedon
Subtaxa: Neotamandua Protamandua Tamandua
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
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