Biology:Cyclopedidae

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Short description: Family of anteaters

Cyclopedidae
Temporal range: Pliocene to present
Silky anteater.jpg
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pilosa
Suborder: Vermilingua
Family: Cyclopedidae
Pocock, 1924
Genera

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" (in en). Journal of Mammalian Evolution 5 (3): 237–265. doi:10.1023/a:1020512529767. ISSN 1064-7554. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1415076 entry