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Myrmecophagidae
Taxonomy
Myrmecophagidae is a family. It is extant. Its type is Myrmecophaga.
It was assigned to Bruta by Bonaparte (1850); to Pilosa by Flower (1883); to Vermilinguia by Ameghino (1889); to Edentata by Cope (1889) and Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Xenarthra by Cope (1889) and Gadow (1898); to Xenarthra by Nowak (1991); to Vermilingua by Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Vermilingua by Carroll (1988), Gaudin and Branham (1998) and McDonald et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Bruta by Bonaparte (1850); to Pilosa by Flower (1883); to Vermilinguia by Ameghino (1889); to Edentata by Cope (1889) and Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Xenarthra by Cope (1889) and Gadow (1898); to Xenarthra by Nowak (1991); to Vermilingua by Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Vermilingua by Carroll (1988), Gaudin and Branham (1998) and McDonald et al. (2008).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1850 | Myrmecophagidae Bonaparte p. 1 |
| 1883 | Myrmecophagidae Flower p. 184 |
| 1889 | Myrmecophagidae Ameghino p. 658 |
| 1889 | Myrmecophagidae Cope p. 658 |
| 1891 | Myrmecophagidae Flower and Lydekker p. 89 |
| 1894 | Adiastaltidae Ameghino |
| 1894 | Anathitidae Ameghino |
| 1898 | Myrmecophagidae Gadow p. 41 |
| 1988 | Myrmecophagidae Carroll |
| 1991 | Myrmecophagidae Nowak |
| 1998 | Myrmecophagidae Gaudin and Branham |
| 2005 | Myrmecophagidae Wilson and Reeder |
| 2008 | Myrmecophagidae 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.
Fm. Myrmecophagidae
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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]
Subfm. Myrmecophaginae
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G. †Neotamandua Rovereto 1914
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†Neotamandua australis Scillato-Yané and Carlini 1998
†Neotamandua borealis Hirschfeld 1976
†Neotamandua conspicua Rovereto 1914
†Neotamandua greslebini Kraglievich 1940
†Neotamandua magna Ameghino 1919
G. †Protamandua Ameghino 1904
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†Protamandua rothi Ameghino 1904
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Invalid names: Promyrmephagus dolichoarthrus Ameghino 1904 [synonym], Promyrmephagus euryarthrus Ameghino 1904 [synonym]
Invalid names: Promyrmephagus Ameghino 1904 [synonym]
G. Tamandua Gray 1825 [tamandua]
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Tamandua mexicana Saussure 1860 [Northern tamandua]
Tamandua tetradactyla Linnaeus 1758 [southern tamandua]
Tamandua tetradactyla punensis Allen 1916
G. †Palaeomyrmedon Roverto 1914
Invalid names: Adiastaltidae Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Anathitidae Ameghino 1894 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available