Tamandua tetradactyla

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Southern Tamandua

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Atlantogenata
Superorder : Xenarthra
Order : Pilosa
Suborder : Vermilingua
Family : Myrmecophagidae
Genus : Tamandua

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033827

Original name as described

Myrmecophaga tetradactyla

Other common names

Golden Anteater

Type locality

"in America meridionali." Restricted by O. Thomas in 1901 to Pernambuco State, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela · Trinidad and Tobago · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil · Bolivia · Paraguay · Uruguay · Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000444

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Tamandua tetradactyla chapadensis

J. A. Allen, 1904

Family

Myrmecophagidae

Root name

chapadensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MO-369, AMNH MS-1417

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-1417

Authority page

392

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9680)

Myrmecophaga bivittata straminea

(Cope, 1889)

Family

Myrmecophagidae

Root name

straminea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 4635

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

132

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41650902

Authority publication

The American Naturalist

Myrmecophaga longicaudata

(H. N. Turner, 1853)

Family

Myrmecophagidae

Root name

longicaudata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

BMNH (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

218

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680480

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9680)

Tamandua tetradactyla quichua

O. Thomas, 1927

Family

Myrmecophagidae

Root name

quichua

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1927.1.1.156

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/271efdbb-61f8-4df4-9ad4-b80c3d232e4d

Authority page

371

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9680)

Tamandua bivittata Var. 1. Opisthomelas

J. E. Gray, 1873

Family

Myrmecophagidae

Root name

opisthomelas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:40a

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/308ba208-1f88-4a78-84ec-bc755a7c8e6c https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/af290465-d8a1-4ad8-83dc-616ee757b2e9

Authority page

27

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13237170

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9680)

Myrmecophaga crispa

(Rüppell, 1842)

Family

Myrmecophagidae

Root name

crispa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Type

SMF:MAMM:15569

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

179

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45886842

Authority publication

Museum Senckenbergianum

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9680)

Myrmecophaga tetrodactyla

(C. H. Smith, 1842)

Family

Myrmecophagidae

Root name

tetrodactyla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

300

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Smith (1842:300) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)

Tamandua tetradactyla

Lesson, 1842

Family

Myrmecophagidae

Root name

tetradactyla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

152

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Lahille (1899:202, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147068) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
  3. Goodwin (1946:355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:52) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9680)
  7. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:86) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21350/47442916) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Tamandua tetradactyla nigra

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Myrmecophagidae

Root name

nigra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9680)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Tamandua tetradactyla straminea

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Myrmecophagidae

Root name

straminea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9680)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Tamandua tetradactyla tetradactyla

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Myrmecophagidae

Root name

tetradactyla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9680)

Myrmecophaga tetradactyla

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Myrmecophagidae

Root name

tetradactyla

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

35

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033827

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:95, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872892) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Illiger (1815:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  3. Wied-Neuwied (1826:539, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32972587) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38741)

Myrmecophaga myosura

(Pallas, 1766)

Family

Myrmecophagidae

Root name

myosura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

64

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43320981

Authority publication

The Hague

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9680)

Myrmecophaga tamandua

(G. Cuvier, 1797)

Family

Myrmecophagidae

Root name

tamandua

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

143

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637225

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Cuvier (1797:143, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637225) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  2. Daudin (1802:174, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  3. Fischer (1814:ix, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130070) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  4. Rafinesque (1817:362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35234)
  5. Lesson (1827:314, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  6. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9680)

Myrmecophaga nigra

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Family

Myrmecophagidae

Root name

nigra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

217

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Rafinesque (1817:362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35234)
  2. Lesson (1827:314, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Myrmecophaga bivittata

(A. G. Desmarest, 1817)

Family

Myrmecophagidae

Root name

bivittata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

107

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18057857

Authority publication

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9680)

Myrmecophaga longicaudata

(J. A. Wagner, 1844)

Family

Myrmecophagidae

Root name

longicaudata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

211

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31059026

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9680)

Tamandua brasiliensis

Liais, 1872

Family

Myrmecophagidae

Root name

brasiliensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

360

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1168794

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9680)

Myrmecophaga quadridactyla

(F. W. True, 1885)

Family

Myrmecophagidae

Root name

quadridactyla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

588

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306382

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

True (1885:588, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Tamandua longicauda

Trouessart, 1898

Family

Myrmecophagidae

Root name

longicauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

1121

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53436334

Authority publication

Berlin

Tamandua longicaudata var. nigra

De Beaux, 1908

Family

Myrmecophagidae

Root name

nigra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

417

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9898703

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9680)

Tamandua longicauda

Vesey-FitzGerald, 1936

Family

Myrmecophagidae

Root name

longicauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · subsequent_usage

Authority page

164

Authority publication

Tropical Agriculture

Tamandua longicauda

Rode, 1937

Family

Myrmecophagidae

Root name

longicauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · subsequent_usage

Authority page

346

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52444392

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

Tamandua tetradactyla kriegi

Krumbiegel, 1940

Family

Myrmecophagidae

Root name

kriegi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

171

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9680)

Tamandua longicaudata mexianae

Cabrera, 1958

Family

Myrmecophagidae

Root name

mexianae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

203

Authority publication

Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" e Institutio Nacional de Investigación de las Ciencias Naturales

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