Cyclopes didactylus (Linnaeus 1758)

[Myrmecophaga] didactyla Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 35.

Type Locality: "America australi;" restricted to Surinam by Thomas (1911 a) .

Vernacular Names: Silky Anteater.

Synonyms: Cyclopes dydactyla Brongniart 1792; Cyclopes jurnanus Cabrera 1958 .

Subspecies::

Subspecies Cyclopes didactylus subsp. didactylus Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Cyclopes didactylus subsp. catellus Thomas 1928

Subspecies Cyclopes didactylus subsp. dorsalis Gray 1865

Subspecies Cyclopes didactylus subsp. eva Thomas 1902

Subspecies Cyclopes didactylus subsp. ida Thomas 1900

Subspecies Cyclopes didactylus subsp. melini Lönnberg 1928

Subspecies Cyclopes didactylus subsp. mexicanus Hollister 1914

Distribution: México (Veracruz and Oaxaca) to Colombia and west of Andes to S Ecuador, east of Andes to Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, and S Colombia and Venezuela, south to Bolivia (La Paz and Santa Cruz) and Brazil (Acre east to Alagoas).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).