giant anteater

species of mammal

Taxon taxon Q203033

Facts

18 properties

Instance of: taxon
Short name: M. tridactyla^[10]
CITES Appendix: Appendix II of CITES^[28]
Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[8]
Diel cycle: diurnality^[30]
Gestation period: +180^[26]
Has characteristic: viviparity^[9]
IUCN conservation status: vulnerable^[3]
Litter size: +2^[29]
Longest observed lifespan: +33^[27]
Mass: +1.35^[25]
Parent taxon: Myrmecophaga^[4]
Start time: -5000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[7]
Taxon common name: Giant anteater, Hormiguero Gigante, Oso Caballo, Oso Hormiguero, Oso Palmero, Grand Fourmilier, Tamanoir, Giant Anteater, Großer Ameisenbär, osu formigueru xigante, آكِلُ النَّمْلِ العِمْلاقُ, دُبُّ النِّمْلِ, التَمَنْوَر الأعْرَف, البُرُومِيّ, veliki mravljinčar^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]
Taxon name: Myrmecophaga tridactyla^[5]
Taxon range: Brazil, Mazagão^[31]^[32]
Taxon rank: species^[2]
Temporal range start: Late Pleistocene^[6]

🏷️ Also known as

en Myrmecophaga tridactyla en M. jubata en giant anteater ar برومي ar آكل النمل العملاق ar نامل عملاق ar دب النمل ar آكل النمل الكبير ar تنمور أعرف cs Myrmecophaga tridactyla cs mravenečník tříprstý cs mravenečník velký cs mravenečník hřivnatý da Myresluger da Stor myresluger de Myrmecophaga tridactyla de M. jubata de Großer Ameisenbär el γιγάντιος μυρμηγκοφάγος en-gb Myrmecophaga tridactyla

🔖 Identifiers · 39

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Myresluger2.jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID: Myrmecophaga
ARKive ID (archived): giant-anteater/myrmecophaga-tridactyla
ASM Mammal Diversity Database ID: 1000442
AnimalBase ID: 7193
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID: 300255506
BOLD Systems taxon ID: 296384
CITES Species+ ID: 4631
CalPhotos taxon ID: Myrmecophaga+tridactyla
Catalogue of Life ID: 45B2F
EBiodiversity ID: 78732
EPPO Code: MYRPTR

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Encyclopedia of Life ID: 328523
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: animal/giant-anteater
Fossilworks taxon ID: 48923
Freebase ID: /m/01x_3p
GBIF taxon ID: 2436346
GenBank assembly accession number: GCA_004026745.1
INaturalist taxon ID: 47107
IRMNG ID: 11271099
ITIS TSN: 624911
IUCN taxon ID: 14224
Interlingual Index ID: i48589
Library of Congress Children's Subject Headings ID: sj2024050113
MSW ID: 11800038
MyBIS species ID: 62361
NCBI taxonomy ID: 71006
NL CR AUT ID: ph820597
Observation.org taxon ID: 83716
Open Tree of Life ID: 490538
Paleobiology Database taxon ID: 48923
TAXREF ID: 443807
Tierstimmenarchiv ID: 11482
Topic's main category: Category:Myrmecophaga tridactyla
Vikidia article ID: fr:Tamanoir
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID: 02462640-n
Xeno-canto species ID: Myrmecophaga-tridactyla
Yale LUX ID: concept/854b5bc8-69b2-48e0-8425-d0eb553d38c9
ZooBank ID for name or act: 0734A756-EF02-4DD0-841F-F3CE11DC6B8F

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National Zoological Park, Barcelona Zoo, Edinburgh Zoo, Los Angeles Zoo, Hellabrunn Zoo, Zoo Miami, Saint Louis Zoo, Belfast Zoo +11 more

Taxon range 2

Brazil, Mazagão

Diel cycle 1

diurnality

IUCN conservation status 1

vulnerable

Instance of 1

taxon

Parent taxon 1

Myrmecophaga

Taxon rank 1

species

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East Leake

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Summary

giant anteater is a taxon^[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ giant anteater — taxon rank (P105): species. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-09-19. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ giant anteater — IUCN conservation status (P141): Vulnerable. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved 2023-01-02. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ giant anteater — parent taxon (P171): Myrmecophaga. Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved 2015-09-18. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ giant anteater — taxon name (P225): Myrmecophaga tridactyla. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-09-19. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ giant anteater — temporal range start (P523): Late Pleistocene. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ giant anteater — start time (P580): 5000000 BC. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ giant anteater — described by source (P1343): Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890). wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ giant anteater — has characteristic (P1552): viviparity. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ giant anteater — short name (P1813): M. tridactyla. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ giant anteater — taxon common name (P1843): Giant anteater. ARKive. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ giant anteater — taxon common name (P1843): Hormiguero Gigante. IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2016-10-19. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ giant anteater — taxon common name (P1843): Oso Caballo. IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2016-10-19. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ giant anteater — taxon common name (P1843): Oso Hormiguero. IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2016-10-19. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ giant anteater — taxon common name (P1843): Oso Palmero. IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2016-10-19. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ giant anteater — taxon common name (P1843): Grand Fourmilier. IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2016-10-20. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ giant anteater — taxon common name (P1843): Tamanoir. IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2016-10-20. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ giant anteater — taxon common name (P1843): Großer Ameisenbär. Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ giant anteater — taxon common name (P1843): osu formigueru xigante. sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ giant anteater — taxon common name (P1843): آكِلُ النَّمْلِ العِمْلاقُ. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ giant anteater — taxon common name (P1843): دُبُّ النِّمْلِ. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ giant anteater — taxon common name (P1843): التَمَنْوَر الأعْرَف. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ giant anteater — taxon common name (P1843): البُرُومِيّ. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ giant anteater — taxon common name (P1843): veliki mravljinčar. Q140355365. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ giant anteater — mass (P2067): 1.35 kg. Myrmecophaga tridactyla (Pilosa: Myrmecophagidae). wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ giant anteater — gestation period (P3063): 180 day. Myrmecophaga tridactyla (Pilosa: Myrmecophagidae). wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ giant anteater — longest observed lifespan (P4214): 33 years. Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World (1st edition). wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ giant anteater — CITES Appendix (P7603): Appendix II of CITES. Species+. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ giant anteater — litter size (P7725): 2. Myrmecophaga tridactyla (Pilosa: Myrmecophagidae). wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ giant anteater — diel cycle (P9566): diurnality. Out of the dark: 350 million years of conservatism and evolution in diel activity patterns in vertebrates. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ giant anteater — taxon range (P9714): Brazil. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ giant anteater — taxon range (P9714): Mazagão. colecoesbio.museu-goeldi.br. Retrieved 2024-11-21. colecoesbio.museu-goeldi.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ giant anteater is an instance of taxon (Q16521) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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