Cyclopes ida
O. Thomas, 1900
Rio Negro Silky Anteater
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Atlantogenata |
| Superorder | : Xenarthra |
| Order | : Pilosa |
| Suborder | : Vermilingua |
| Family | : Cyclopedidae |
| Genus | : Cyclopes |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1900-09-01. Descriptions of new rodents from western South America. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)6(33):294-302.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19266084Original name as described
Cyclopes didactylus ida
Other common names
Ida Silky Anteater
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1880.5.6.67
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c91bd779-dd1c-4b11-af55-7be61a491f31Type locality
"Sarayacu, Upper Pastasa [= Pastaza] River," Ecuador.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Colombia · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil
Taxonomy notes
split from C. didactylus
Taxonomy notes citation
Miranda, F. R., Casali, D. M., Perini, F. A., Machado, F. A., & Santos, F. R. (2017). Taxonomic review of the genus Cyclopes Gray, 1821 (Xenarthra: Pilosa), with the revalidation and description of new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlx079.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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