Cyclopes

Cyclopes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vermilingua

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Superordo: Xenarthra Ordo: Pilosa Subordo: Vermilingua

Familia: Cyclopedidae
Genus: Cyclopes
Species (7): C. catellus – C. didactylus – C. dorsalis – C. ida – C. rufus – C. thomasi – C. xinguensis
[Source: Miranda et al. (2018)]

Name

• Cyclopes Gray, 1821: 305

Type species: Myrmecophaga didactyla Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Cyclothurus Gray, 1825: 343 [nomen nudum]
• Myrmydon Wagler, 1830: 36

Type species: Myrmecophaga didactyla Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy.

• Eurypterna Gloger, 1841: 112

Type species: Eurypterna didactyla Gloger, 1841 (= Myrmecophaga didactyla Linnaeus, 1758), by monotypy.

• Cyclothurus Lesson, 1842: 152

Type species: Cyclothurus didactyla Lesson, 1842 (= Myrmecophaga didactyla Linnaeus, 1758), by monotypy.

• Didactyla Liais, 1872: 356

Type species: Myrmecophaga didactyla Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy.

• Cycloturus Goeldi & Hagmann, 1904: 97 [Incorrect subsequent spelling]

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1821. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals. London Medical Repository 15: 296–310.

Additional references

• Miranda, F.R., Casali, D.M., Perini, F.A., Machado, F.A. & Santos, F.R. 2018. Taxonomic review of the genus Cyclopes Gray, 1821 (Xenarthra: Pilosa), with the revalidation and description of new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183(3): 687–721. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx079 Reference page. 

Links

• Cyclopes in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

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