Tamandua mexicana (Saussure, 1860)

Hidalgo-Mihart, Mircea G., Contreras-Moreno, Fernando M., Jesús-de la Cruz, Alejandro, Juárez-López, Rugieri, Bravata de la Cruz, Yaribeth, Pérez-Solano, Luz A., Hernández-Lara, Carolina, Friedeberg, Diana, Thornton, Dan & Koller-González, Juan M., 2017, Inventory of medium-sized and large mammals in the wetlands of Laguna de Terminos and Pantanos de Centla, Mexico, Check List 13 (6), pp. 711-726 : 715

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15560/13.6.711
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6493933
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0B3B9736-FFCD-DC1B-E457-FC3C1ED0B8F9
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Tamandua mexicana (Saussure, 1860)
status

Treatment

Tamandua mexicana (Saussure, 1860) View in CoL

Material examined. Table 2; Figure 5.

Tamandua mexicana is the only species of its genus in Mexico and Central America (Hall 1981). The longtapered snout and a blotchy, almost naked prehensile tail, in addition to the sparse golden-brown fur and the powerful forelimbs with 2 large and 2 small claws make this species unique in the region ( Reid 2009).