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--> ORDER PILOSA
--> SUBORDER VERMILINGUA
--> FAMILY Myrmecophagidae
--> GENUS Tamandua
SPECIES Tamandua tetradactyla
Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 35. | Common Name: | Southern Tamandua | Type Locality: | "America meridionali;" restricted to Brazil, Pernambuco, Pernambuco (= Recife), by Thomas (1911a). | Distribution: | South America east of the Andes from Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, and the Guianas, south to Uruguay and N Argentina. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | The names longicaudata, nigra, opisthomelas, and tamandua, cannot be assigned to subspecies with certainty because their type localities are too general. |
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