Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:35.

TYPE LOCALITY: "America meridionali;" restricted to Brazil, Pernambuco, Pernambuco [= Recife], by Thomas (1911a) .

DISTRIBUTION: Belize and Guatemala through South America to Uruguay and the Gran Chaco of Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II; IUCN - Vulnerable.

SYNONYMS: artata Osgood, 1912; centralis Lyon, 1906; jubata Linnaeus, 1758 .