Tamandua Gray, 1825 . Ann. Philos., n.s., 10:343.

TYPE SPECIES: Myrmecophaga tamandua G. Cuvier, 1798 (= Tamandua tetradactyla Linnaeus, 1758), by monotypy.

SYNONYMS: Dryoryx Gloger, 1841; Uroleptes Wagler, 1830 .