Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Pilosa Flower, 1883 - sloths
       Suborder Vermilingua Gray, 1869 - anteaters
         Family Myrmecophagidae Gray, 1825 - anteaters
           Genus Myrmecophaga Linnaeus, 1758 - giant anteater
             Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758 - giant anteater
               1 [Myrmecophaga tridactyla tridactyla]ᵀ Linnaeus, 1758
               2 Myrmecophaga tridactyla artata Osgood, 1912
               3 Myrmecophaga tridactyla centralis Lyon, 1906