Tamandua tetradactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10 th ed., 1:35.

TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Pernambuco .

DISTRIBUTION: E. of Andes, from N. South America, south to Paraguay, N. Argentina, and Uruguay; Trinidad.

COMMENT: Includes longicaudata; see Wetzel, 1975, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 88: 105. T. longicaudata mexianae Hagmann, 1908 (see Cabrera, 1958:203), is a nomen nudum according to Wetzel, 1975, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 88: 106. Type locality restricted by Thomas, 1911, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1911:133.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix III as T. tetradactyla (Guatemala) . CITES - Appendix II as T. t. chapadensis subspecies only.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301407001003002001 as T. tetradactyla .

5301407001003001001 as T. longicaudata .