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Giant Anteaters

Myrmecophaga Linnaeus 1758

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Myrmecophaga Linnaeus 1758
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Myrmecophaga
Genus recognized by wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, wikipedia TR, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, Bolivia Species List, Brazil Species List, Colombia Species List, Ecuador Species List, French Guiana Species List, Guatemala Species List, Guyana Species List, Peru Species List, Paraguay Species List, Suriname Species List, Venezuela Species List, Argentina Species List, wikipedia EU, Mexico Species List, South Atlantic Species List, wikipedia AZ, wikipedia LT, wikipedia BR, wikipedia hr Croatian, wikipedia DA, wikipedia LV, wikipedia GA, NCBI, wikipedia emerging languages, wikipedia gl Galician, United States Species List, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, CITES, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, iNaturalist data coverage, and Wikipedia (inferred records)
Myrmecophaga
Recognized by SI Wild, AnAge articles, INBio, Kissling et al, 2014, and Furui 2020
Myrmecophaga Linnaeus 1758
Genus recognized by GBIF classification, Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, and GBIF data coverage

Alternative Names

Myrmecophaga
Harvest ancestor according to EOL authors, Wildfinder (WWF), Pantheria, NMNH type specimens, Paleobiology Database, Flickr Group, iNaturalist, NMNH Collection, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, Kappeler et al 2013, Morgan Ernest 2003, Smith et al 2011, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions

Common Names

English

Giant anteaters preferred
Recognized by admin

Finnish

Isojurumit preferred
Recognized by admin
Isomuurahaiskarhut
prefer
Recognized by admin

Japanese

オオアリクイ属 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and admin

Curated hierarchies for Myrmecophaga Linnaeus 1758

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Xenarthra
Pilosa
Vermilingua
Myrmecophagidae Gray 1825
Myrmecophaga Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus 1758
Tamandua Gray 1825

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Pilosa Flower 1883
Vermilingua Illiger 1811
Myrmecophagidae Gray 1825
Myrmecophaga Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus 1758
Tamandua Gray 1825

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Xenarthra
Pilosa
Vermilingua
Myrmecophagidae
Myrmecophaga (this page)
Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus 1758
Tamandua

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Pilosa
Myrmecophagidae
Myrmecophaga Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus 1758
Nunezia caroloameghinoi Kraglievich 1934
Neotamandua Rovereto 1914
Protamandua Ameghino 1904
Tamandua Gray 1825

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Pilosa Flower 1883
Vermilingua Illiger 1811
Myrmecophagidae Gray 1825
Myrmecophaga Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus 1758
Tamandua Gray 1825

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Xenarthra
Pilosa
Vermilingua
Myrmecophagidae
Myrmecophaga (this page)
Myrmecophaga tridactyla
Tamandua

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Mammaliaformes
Mammalia
Theria
Placentalia
Xenarthra
Pilosa
Vermilingua
Myrmecophagidae
Myrmecophaga (this page)
Myrmecophaga afra
Myrmecophaga didactyla
Myrmecophaga tamandua
Myrmecophaga tridactyla
Cyclothurus
Myremecophaga
Myrmecophaginae
Protamandua
Tamandua
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