Tamandua tetradactyla (Linnaeus 1758)

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

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.