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    The Myrmecophagidae are a family of anteaters, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek words for 'ant' and 'eat' (myrmeco- and phagos). Two genera...
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    anteater (C. didactylus) Genus †Palaeomyrmidon (Rovereto 1914) Family Myrmecophagidae Genus Myrmecophaga Giant anteater (M. tridactyla) Genus †Neotamandua...
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    with the semiarboreal northern and southern tamanduas in the family Myrmecophagidae. Together with the family Cyclopedidae, whose only extant member is...
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    Tamandua is a genus of anteaters in the Myrmecophagidae family with two species: the southern tamandua (T. tetradactyla) and the northern tamandua (T...
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    November 2012. Hayssen, V. (2011). "Tamandua tetradactyla (Pilosa: Myrmecophagidae)". Mammalian Species. 43 (1): 64–74. doi:10.1644/875.1. Barros, M.C...
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    (Tamandua mexicana) is a species of tamandua, an anteater in the family Myrmecophagidae. They live in tropical and subtropical forests from southern Mexico...
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    contains two families: Cyclopedidae, containing a single species, and Myrmecophagidae, containing three species in two genera. Dozens of extinct prehistoric...
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    (Anteaters) Family Cyclopedidae Pocock 1924 (Silky anteaters) Family Myrmecophagidae Gray 1825 Suborder Folivora Delsuc et al. 2001 (Sloths) Superfamily...
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    are grouped together in the clade Glires. Anteaters of the family myrmecophagidae are unusual in that they lack a defined cervix; they are thought to...
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    Timothy J.; Branham, Daniel G. (1998-09-01). "The Phylogeny of the Myrmecophagidae (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Vermilingua) and the Relationship of Eurotamandua...
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