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Tamandua (tamandua)

Mammalia - Myrmecophagidae

Taxonomy
Tamandua was named by Gray (1825). It is extant.

It was assigned to Myrmecophagina by Gray (1825); to Myrmecophaginae by Gaudin and Branham (1998); and to Myrmecophagidae by Wilson and Reeder (2005) and Salles et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Tamandua Gray
1998Tamandua Gaudin and Branham
2005Tamandua Wilson and Reeder
2006Tamandua Salles et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Americatheria
Xenarthra()
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
superfamilyVermilingua
familyMyrmecophagidae
subfamilyMyrmecophaginae
genusTamanduaGray 1825

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. Tamandua Gray 1825 [tamandua]
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Tamandua mexicana Saussure 1860 [Northern tamandua]
Tamandua tetradactyla Linnaeus 1758 [southern tamandua]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available