Tamandua mexicana Saussure, 1860

Torres-Porras, Jeronimo, Cobos, Marlon E, Seoane, José Manuel & Aguirre, Nikolay, 2017, Large and medium-sized mammals of Buenaventura Reserve, southwestern Ecuador, Check List 13 (4), pp. 35-45 : 41

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/13.4.35

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5480846

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FD87EE-FFD0-FFA0-A717-FF414CFDFDFC

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Marcus

scientific name

Tamandua mexicana Saussure, 1860
status

 

Tamandua mexicana Saussure, 1860 View in CoL

Myrmecophaga tamandua Saussure 1860 View in CoL .

Tamandua mexicana View in CoL — Tirira 2007, Ortega Reyes et al. 2014.

Material examined: Table 1.

The pelage is dense, short and uniform, has a large black stain, like a waistcoat, which starts on the shoulders and extends from the back and the belly towards the base of the tail; the rest of body, including the head, the upper third of the back and the extremities is of a golden yellow color, intense or pale, depending on the individuals; the ventral region is black, similar to the flanks; medium ears, well separated and protruding; tail thick, long, prehensile, with furry base and bare tip ( Tirira 2007).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Pilosa

Family

Myrmecophagidae

Genus

Tamandua

Loc

Tamandua mexicana Saussure, 1860

Torres-Porras, Jeronimo, Cobos, Marlon E, Seoane, José Manuel & Aguirre, Nikolay 2017
2017
Loc

Myrmecophaga tamandua

Saussure 1860
1860
Loc

Tamandua mexicana

Saussure 1860
1860
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