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Tamandua tetradactyla  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 624913

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Myrmecophaga tamandua G. Cuvier, 1798
  
    Myrmecophaga longicaudata Turner, 1853
  
    Tamandua longicaudata nigra Beaux, 1908
  
    Tamandua bivittata opisthomelas Gray, 1873
  
  Common Name(s): Southern Tamandua [English]
  
    Yellow Tamandua [English]
  
    Collared Anteater [English]
  
    Lesser Anteater [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderPilosa Flower, 1883 – sloths, anteaters  
                                  SuborderVermilingua Illiger, 1811 – anteaters  
                                     FamilyMyrmecophagidae Gray, 1825 – American anteaters  
                                        GenusTamandua Gray, 1825 – tamandua  
                                           SpeciesTamandua tetradactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) – Southern Tamandua, Yellow Tamandua, Collared Anteater, Lesser Anteater  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Subspecies Tamandua tetradactyla nigra (Geoffroy, 1803)  
                                              Subspecies Tamandua tetradactyla quichua Thomas, 1927  
                                              Subspecies Tamandua tetradactyla straminea (Cope, 1889)  
                                              Subspecies Tamandua tetradactyla tetradactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alfred L. Gardner  
  Notes: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Tamandua tetradactyla    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gardner, Alfred L., ed.  
  Publication Date: 2008   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammals of South America, Vol. 1: Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats   
  Page(s): xx + 669   
  Publisher: University of Chicaco Press   
  Publication Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-226-28240-6   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Tamandua tetradactyla   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Tamandua tetradactyla   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Tamandua tetradactyla, Southern Tamandua [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Tamandua tetradactyla, Southern Tamandua [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Caribbean  
    South America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)  
    Comments: The names longicaudata, nigra, opisthomelas, and tamandua, cannot be assigned to subspecies with certainty because their type localities are too general  
 

 

    

 
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