Myrmecophaga tetradactyla, Linnaeus, 1758

Linnaeus, Carolus, 1758, Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Stockholm: Laurentius Salvius : 35

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scientific name	Myrmecophaga tetradactyla
status	spec. nov.

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Myrmecophaga tetradactyla ZBK [ spec. nov.]

M. palmis tetradactylis, plantis pentadactylis. Syst. nat. 8.

Tamandua 1. Marcgr. bras. 226. Raj. quadr. 242. Seb. mus. 2. t. 47. f. 2.

Habitat in America meridionali.

Noctu exit; die dormit capite sub brachiis recondito; irata baculum prehendit, stertit, posterioribus pedibus insidens. Caudae extremitas calva, qua se ex ramis arborum suspendere potest, quod non in praecedenti.