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GENUS Tamandua

Author:Gray, 1825.
Citation:Ann. Philos., n.s., 10: 343.
Type Species:Myrmecophaga tamandua G. Cuvier, 1798 (= Tamandua tetradactyla Linnaeus, 1758), by monotypy.
Comments:Revised by Wetzel (1975).
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Synonyms:

    Dryoryx Gloger, 1841
    Tamanduas F. Cuvier, 1829
    Uroleptes Wagler, 1830
    Uropeltes Alston, 1880

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