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Myrmecophaga (giant anteater)
Taxonomy
Myrmecophaga was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type genus of Myrmecophagidae.
It was assigned to Bruta by Linnaeus (1758); to Myrmecophagina by Gray (1825); to Myrmecophaginae by Gaudin and Branham (1998); and to Myrmecophagidae by Carroll (1988), Salles et al. (2006) and McDonald et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Bruta by Linnaeus (1758); to Myrmecophagina by Gray (1825); to Myrmecophaginae by Gaudin and Branham (1998); and to Myrmecophagidae by Carroll (1988), Salles et al. (2006) and McDonald et al. (2008).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1758 | Myrmecophaga Linnaeus p. 35 |
1825 | Myrmecophagus Gray p. 343 |
1900 | Falcifer Rehn |
1934 | Nunezia Kraglievich |
1988 | Myrmecophaga Carroll |
1998 | Myrmecophaga Gaudin and Branham |
2006 | Myrmecophaga Salles et al. p. 7 |
2008 | Myrmecophaga McDonald et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Myrmecophaga Linnaeus 1758 [giant anteater]
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Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus 1758 [giant anteater]
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Invalid names: Myrmecophaga centralis Lyon 1906 [synonym], Myrmecophaga jubata Linnaeus 1766 [synonym]
Invalid names: Falcifer Rehn 1900 [synonym], Nunezia Kraglievich 1934 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available