Combinations

• Myrmecophaga didactyla Linnaeus, 1758: 35 [original combination]
• Eurypterna didactyla: Gloger, 1841: 112 [subsequent combination]
• Cyclothurus didactyla: Lesson, 1842: 152 [subsequent combination]
• C[yclopes]. didactylus: Thomas, 1900 :302 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Cyclothurus fulvus Macalister, 1875: 492 [Nomen nudum]

• Cyclopes didactylus melini Lönnberg, 1928: 15

Holotype: NRM 14.

Type locality: “S. Gabriel, Rio Negro”, Amazonas State, Brazil.

• Cyclopes pygmaeus Cameron, 1939: 249 [Nomen nudum]

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii Reference page. 
• Lönnberg, E. 1928. Notes on some South American edentates. Arkiv för Zoologi 20: 1–17.

• Miranda, F.R., Casali, D.M., Perini, F.A., Machado, F.A. & Santos, F.R. 2018. Taxonomic review of the genus Cyclopes Gray, 1821 (Xenarthra: Pilosa), with the revalidation and description of new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183(3): 687–721. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx079 Reference page. 

Links

• Cyclopes didactylus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Miranda, F., Meritt, D.A., Tirira, D.G. & Arteaga, M. 2014. IUCN: Cyclopes didactylus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T6019A47440020. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T6019A47440020.en