Tamandua tetradactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pereira, Alan Deivid, Bazilio, Sergio & Orsi, Mário Luís, 2018, Checklist of medium-sized to large mammals of Campos Gerais National Park, Paraná, Brazil, Check List 14 (5), pp. 785-799 : 791

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/14.5.785

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/79763466-FFDF-FF85-C5A7-F8AAFC5FF84A

treatment provided by

Marcus

scientific name

Tamandua tetradactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)
status

 

Tamandua tetradactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL

Figure 5

Records. First record was in August 08, 2016, camera trap 11 (25°03.04ʹ S, 049°59.33ʹ W) and subsequently in the same monitoring site.

Identification. This is a smaller species, with an elongated snout and tongue ( Fig. 5) and short, dense and

pale-yellow pelage. There are 2 black stripes on the scapular region towards the posterior region of the animal.

Cingulata

Dasypodidae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Pilosa

Family

Myrmecophagidae

Genus

Tamandua

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