Myrmecophaga Linnaeus, 1758
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- GENUS
- Published in
- Syst. Nat., 10th ed. vol.1 p.35
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Pilosa
- family
- Myrmecophagidae
- genus
- Myrmecophaga
Name
- Synonyms
- Falcifer Rehn, 1900
- Mirmecophaga Scopoli, 1777
- Myrmecophagus Gray, 1825
- Myrmecophagus Linnaeus, 1758
- Nunezia Kraglievich, 1934
- Homonyms
- Myrmecophaga Linnaeus, 1758
- Myrmecophaga Lacépède, 1799
- Common names
- Giant Anteaters in English
- Giant anteaters in language.
- giant anteater in English
- giant anteaters in English
- giant anteaters in English
- giant anteaters in English
Bibliographic References
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 91 Thirty-five generic names of Mammals placed on the Official List of Generic Names.Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(4), 1 (1926)
- Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp.
- Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
- Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
- SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997
- SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB
- Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
- Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
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