Definition of Genus Myrmecophaga

1. Noun. Type genus of the Myrmecophagidae; South American ant bear.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Myrmecophaga

genus Mycoplasma
genus Mycteria
genus Mycteroperca
genus Mylodon
genus Myocastor
genus Myopus
genus Myosotis
genus Myotis
genus Myrciaria
genus Myrica
genus Myricaria
genus Myriophyllum
genus Myristica
genus Myrmecia
genus Myrmecobius
genus Myrmecophaga (current term)
genus Myrmeleon
genus Myroxylon
genus Myrrhis
genus Myrsine
genus Myrtillocactus
genus Myrtus
genus Mysis
genus Mytilus
genus Myxine
genus Myxinikela
genus Myxocephalus
genus Nabalus
genus Naemorhedus
genus Nageia

Literary usage of Genus Myrmecophaga

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1802)
"... arrangement of quadrupeds, should be placed in the order Bruta, and should stand next to the genus Myrmecophaga. ..."

2. Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta by John Anderson, William Lutley Sclater, Indian Museum (1891)
"Centr.-Amer. Mamm., p. 186. Distribution,—Central and South America from Costa Rica to Ecuador. a. Skeleton Purchased. mtd. Genus MYRMECOPHAGA. ..."

3. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"The genus Myrmecophaga contains but one species, the Great Anteater, Myrmecophaga jubata. It is a large and handsome animal, with long, shaggy, ..."

4. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"The genus Myrmecophaga — Ant-eaters — is characterized by a long muzzle, toothless mouth, filiform tongue capable of great extension, and used to penetrate ..."

5. Natural History: A Manual of Zoölogy for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1870)
"The genus Myrmecophaga — Ant-eaters — is characterized by a long muzzle, toothless mouth, filiform tongue capable of great extension, and used to penetrate ..."

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