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Taxon: Family
Myrmecophagidae
(Gray, 1825) Bonaparte, 1838
- anteaters
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Taxon:
Natura - nature
..Mundus - physical world
....Naturalia - natural bodies
......Biota
........Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes
..........Unikonta
............Opisthokonta
..............Holozoa
................Kingdom Animalia - animals
..................Epitheliozoa
....................Eumetazoa - eumetazoans
......................Bilateria - bilaterians
........................Eubilateria
..........................Deuterostomia - deuterostomes
............................Phylum Chordata - chordates
..............................Subphylum Vertebrata - vertebrates
................................Infraphylum Gnathostomata - jawed vertebrates
..................................Superclass Tetrapoda - tetrapods
....................................Reptiliomorpha
......................................Batrachosauria
........................................Amniota
..........................................Synapsida
............................................Therapsida
..............................................Theriodontia
................................................Eutheriodontia
..................................................Cynodontia
....................................................Eucynodontia
......................................................Mammaliamorpha
........................................................Mammaliaformes
..........................................................Holotheria
............................................................Class Mammalia - mammals
..............................................................Theriimorpha
................................................................Theriiformes
..................................................................Trechnotheria
....................................................................Cladotheria
......................................................................Zatheria
........................................................................Subclass Boreosphenida
..........................................................................Theria
............................................................................Infraclass Eutheria
..............................................................................Cohort Placentalia - placentals
................................................................................Magnorder Xenarthra - xenarthrans
..................................................................................Order Pilosa - sloths
....................................................................................Suborder Vermilingua - anteaters
......................................................................................Genus †Argyromanis
......................................................................................Genus †Orthoarthrus
......................................................................................Family Cyclopedidae
......................................................................................Family Myrmecophagidae - anteaters
........................................................................................Genus Myrmecophaga - giant anteater
........................................................................................Genus †Neotamandua
........................................................................................Genus †Promyrmephagus
........................................................................................Genus †Protamandua
........................................................................................Genus Tamandua - lesser anteaters
........................................................................................»Genus Cyclopes - silky anteater
........................................................................................»Genus †Eurotamandua
Paleontology
Geologic time
:
Eocene
-
Present
Ref:
M.J. Benton, 2005
: 319
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Last updated: 7 Apr 2012