Belize Biodiversity Information System

   Wildlife Conservation Society

   Ministry of Natural Resources' Land Information Centre

   01/19/98



  NAME -                 Silky anteater

  FAMILY -               Myrmecophagidae
  SCIENTIFIC NAME -      Cyclopes didactylus mexicanus

  REFERENCES - 1, 2 and 3

  National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status    Reference

  Insufficient information, uncertain                        4
  

   - Comments on Status

  4* rarely seen but may not be uncommon

  District                                                     Reference

  Cayo                                                                 2
  Stann Creek                                                          2
  Toledo                                                               2
  

  Administrative Unit                  Occurrence          Temporal    Reference

  Private land, see comments                                                  5
  

  

                                        
  

  

                         
  

  1:50,000 Quadrangle                   Reference

  17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15'           2
  16 00' to 16 15'; 88 45' to 89 00'           5
  

  

                                                
  

  General Distribution Comments

  5* Orange Point
  2* specimen from Santa Familia near El Cayo de San Ignacio

  References

  1  McCarthy, T. J. 1993. Checklist: Mammals of Belize. BAS Newsletter
     25 (2-3).
  
  2  Hall, E. R. 1981. Mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley &
     Sons. New York. 1:278-279
  
  3  Wilson, D. E., D. M. Reeder. 1993.  Mammal Species of the World, a
     Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second ed. Smithsonian Inst. p.67
  
  4  Emmons, L. H. 1990.  Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, a field guide.
     University of Chicago Press.  Chicago and London. p.34-35
  
  5  McCarthy, T. J. 1982.  Chironectes, Cyclopes, Cabassous and Probably
     Cebus in Southern Belize. Mammalia 46(3):397-400.