Tamandua tetradactyla (Linnaeus 1758)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Pilosa, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 100-103 : 103

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scientific name	Tamandua tetradactyla (Linnaeus 1758)
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[Myrmecophaga] tetradactyla Linnaeus 1758 , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 35 View Cited Treatment .

Type Locality: "America meridionali;" restricted to Brazil, Pernambuco, Pernambuco (= Recife), by Thomas (1911 a) .

Vernacular Names: Southern Tamandua.

Synonyms: Tamandua longicaudata (Turner 1853) ; Tamandua nigra Beaux 1908 ; Tamandua opisthomelas Gray 1873 ; Tamandua mexianae Cabrera 1958 ; Tamandua longicauda Vesey-FitzGerald 1936 ; Tamandua longicauda Rode 1937 .

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Tamandua tetradactyla subsp. tetradactyla Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Tamandua tetradactyla subsp. nigra Geoffroy 1803

Subspecies Tamandua tetradactyla subsp. quichua Thomas 1927

Subspecies Tamandua tetradactyla subsp. straminea Cope 1889

Distribution: South America east of the Andes from Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, and the Guianas, south to Uruguay and N Argentina.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: The names longicaudata , nigra , opisthomelas , and tamandua , cannot be assigned to subspecies with certainty because their type localities are too general.