Name - Myrmecophaga

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:563936 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Myrmecophaga de Lacepede 1799

• Myrmecophaga Linnaeus 1758

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Genus

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• Functional anatomy of the forelimb in vermilinguas (anteaters).
• Olfactory discrimination in the giant ant eater.
• Vergleichende funktionell-anatomische Studien an Edentatenzungen (Dasypus sexcinctus, Smutsia temmincki, Tamandua tetradactyla und Myrmecophaga jubata).
• Giant ant-eaters born in zoo.
• Novel 12S mtDNA findings in sloths (Pilosa, Folivora) and anteaters (Pilosa, Vermilingua) suggest a true case of long branch attraction.

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