Cyclopedidae

Family of anteaters

Cyclopedidae
Temporal range: Pliocene to present
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pilosa
Suborder: Vermilingua
Family: Cyclopedidae
Pocock, 1924
Genera
  • Cyclopes (Silky anteater)
  • Palaeomyrmidon

The Cyclopedidae is a family of anteaters that includes the silky anteater and its extinct relative, Palaeomyrmidon.[1]

References

  1. ^ Gaudin, Timothy J.; Branham, Daniel G. (1998-09-01). "The Phylogeny of the Myrmecophagidae (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Vermilingua) and the Relationship of Eurotamandua to the Vermilingua". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 5 (3): 237–265. doi:10.1023/a:1020512529767. ISSN 1064-7554. S2CID 29173495.
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Extant Pilosa species by suborder
  • Kingdom Animalia
  • Phylum Chordata
  • Class Mammalia
  • Infraclass Eutheria
  • Superorder Xenarthra
Folivora (Sloths)
Bradypodidae
Bradypus
(Three-toed sloths)
  • Pygmy three-toed sloth (B. pygmaeus)
  • Maned sloth (B. torquatus)
  • Pale-throated sloth (B. tridactylus)
  • Brown-throated sloth (B. variegatus)
Choloepodidae
Choloepus
(Two-toed sloths)
  • Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (C. didactylus)
  • Hoffmann's two-toed sloth (C. hoffmanni)
Vermilingua (Anteaters)
Cyclopedidae
Cyclopes
  • Silky anteater (C. didactylus)
Myrmecophagidae
Myrmecophaga
  • Giant anteater (M. tridactyla)
Tamandua
(Tamanduas)
  • Northern tamandua (T. mexicana)
  • Southern tamandua (T. tetradactyla)
Category
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Pilosan genera
Vermilingua
Cyclopedidae
Myrmecophagidae
Megalocnidae
Scelidotheriidae
Mylodontinae
Lestodontini
Mylodontini
Megatherioidea
    • see below↓
Neocnus comes
Megalonychidae
Ortotheriinae
Megalonychinae
  • Analcimorphus
Nothrotheriidae
Nothrotheriinae
Megatheriidae
Planopsinae
Megatheriinae
Megatherium
Taxon identifiers
Cyclopedidae


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