Cyclopedidae

{{Short description|Family of anteaters}}

{{distinguish|Cyclopygidae}}

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| fossil_range = Pliocene to present

| image = Silky anteater.jpg

| taxon = Cyclopedidae

| authority = Pocock, 1924

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision =

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The Cyclopedidae is a family of anteaters that includes the silky anteater and its extinct relative, Palaeomyrmidon.{{Cite journal|last1=Gaudin|first1=Timothy J.|last2=Branham|first2=Daniel G.|date=1998-09-01|title=The Phylogeny of the Myrmecophagidae (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Vermilingua) and the Relationship of Eurotamandua to the Vermilingua|journal=Journal of Mammalian Evolution|language=en|volume=5|issue=3|pages=237–265|doi=10.1023/a:1020512529767|s2cid=29173495|issn=1064-7554}}

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Category:Mammal families

Category:Taxa named by R. I. Pocock

Category:Extant Pliocene first appearances

Category:Pilosa

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