Myrmecophaga tridactyla

Myrmecophaga tridactyla

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vermilingua

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Atlantogenata Superordo: Xenarthra Ordo: Pilosa Subordo: Vermilingua

Familia: Myrmecophagidae
Genus: Myrmecophaga
Species: Myrmecophaga tridactyla
Subspecies (3): M. t. artata – M. t. centralis – M. t. tridactyla

Name

Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758: 35

• Type locality: "America meridionali", Brazil, Pernambuco (Thomas, 1911)

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 
• Thomas, O. 1911. The Mammals of the Tenth Edition of Linnaeus; an Attempt to fix the Types of the Genera and the exact Bases and Localities of the Species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 81(1): 120–158. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1911.tb06995.x BHL Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Myrmecophaga tridactyla  (Near Threatened)

Vernacular names

• aragonés: Onso forniguero
• العربية: النامل الأكبر
• azərbaycanca: Böyük qarışqayeyən
• беларуская: Гіганцкі мурашкаед
• български: Голям мравояд
• brezhoneg: Merienaer meur
• bosanski: Veliki mravojed
• català: Ós formiguer
• čeština: Mravenečník velký
• dansk: Stor myresluger
• Deutsch: Großer Ameisenbär
• English: Giant anteater
• español: Oso hormiguero gigante
• euskara: Hartz inurrijale
• suomi: Isomuurahaiskarhu
• français: Tamanoir
• Avañe'ẽ: Jurumi, Yurumi
• עברית: דוב נמלים ענק
• hrvatski: Divovski mravojed
• magyar: Sörényes hangyász
• italiano: Formichiere Gigante
• 日本語: オオアリクイ
• 한국어: 큰개미핥기
• lietuvių: Didžioji skruzdėda
• македонски: Џиновски мравојад
• Nederlands: Reuzenmiereneter
• norsk: Kjempemaursluker
• Diné bizaad: Wóláchííʼ yildeełítsoh
• polski: Mrówkojad wielki
• português: tamanduá-bandeira, tamanduá-açu, tamanduá-cavalo, iurumi, jurumim
• Runa Simi: Kuchipillan
• русский: Гигантский муравьед
• српски / srpski: Џиновски мравојед
• svenska: Jättemyrslok
• Kiswahili: Mhanga Mkubwa
• ไทย: ตัวกินมดยักษ์
• 中文: 大食蟻獸

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