CYCLOPEDIDAE, Pocock, 1924
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6627824 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6625716 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/835887C8-F729-2324-FE3A-FD914CC0B061 |
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Valdenar |
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CYCLOPEDIDAE |
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Family CYCLOPEDIDAE View in CoL
(SILKY ANTEATERS)
• Smallest extant anteaters with silvery gray to golden brown to reddish bodies and limbs and darker dorsal, sternal, or ventral streaks and lighter extremities in some species; myrmecophagous; and arboreal.
• 20-40 cm. • Nearctic (marginally) and Neotropical Regions. Rainforest to mangrove forests. View Figure
• 1 genus, 7 species, 7 taxa.
• Nospecies threatened; none Extinct since 1600.
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