Order Pilosa Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 100 103 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Tamandua Gray 1825 Tamandua Gray 1825 , Ann. Philos., n. s., 10: 343 . Type Species: Myrmecophaga tamandua G. Cuvier 1798 Synonyms: Dryoryx Gloger 1841 ; Tamanduas F. Cuvier 1829 ; Uroleptes Wagler 1830 ; Uropeltes Alston 1880 . Species and subspecies: 2 species with 8 subspecies: Species Tamandua mexicana Saussure 1860 Subspecies Tamandua mexicana subsp. mexicana Saussure 1860 Subspecies Tamandua mexicana subsp. instabilis J. A. Allen 1904 Subspecies Tamandua mexicana subsp. opistholeuca Gray 1873 Subspecies Tamandua mexicana subsp. punensis J. A. Allen 1916 Species Tamandua tetradactyla ( Linnaeus 1758 ) Subspecies Tamandua tetradactyla subsp. tetradactyla Linnaeus 1758 Subspecies Tamandua tetradactyla subsp. nigra Geoffroy 1803 Subspecies Tamandua tetradactyla subsp. quichua Thomas 1927 Subspecies Tamandua tetradactyla subsp. straminea Cope 1889 Discussion: Revised by Wetzel (1975).