Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758

Pereira, Alan Deivid, Bazilio, Sergio & Orsi, Mário Luís, 2018, Checklist of medium-sized to large mammals of Campos Gerais National Park, Paraná, Brazil, Check List 14 (5), pp. 785-799 : 790

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/14.5.785

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5477130

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/79763466-FFDC-FF86-C5A7-F807FB27F7AB

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Marcus

scientific name

Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758
status

 

Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL

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Records. First record was in August 08, 2016, camera trap 18 (25°03.37ʹ S, 049°59.44ʹ W) and subsequently in the same monitoring site.

Identification. Two species of anteaters are known in the region of PNCG, with each having different body size and color pattern of pelage. Myrmecophaga tridactyla is a large species and weighs up to 45 kg. It has small ears and small eyes, long snout and an extremely long tongue; the thick pelage varies from dark gray and black, but with the paws white paws and some black bands at the top. The tail is robust and covered by hair.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Pilosa

Family

Myrmecophagidae

Genus

Myrmecophaga

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