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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER PILOSA
--> SUBORDER VERMILINGUA
--> FAMILY Myrmecophagidae
--> GENUS Myrmecophaga
SPECIES Myrmecophaga tridactyla
| Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 35. | | Common Name: | Giant Anteater | | Type Locality: | "America meridionali;" restricted to Brazil, Pernambuco, Pernambuco, by Thomas (1911a). | | Distribution: | Belize and Guatemala through South America to Uruguay and the Gran Chaco of Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Vulnerable. | |
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