The PEDIGREE of
Goliath Birdeater

 
     aka Theraphosa blondi; (largest of all tarantula spiders; despite the name they feed primarily on insects, but do sometimes eat birds, rodents, frogs, snakes, etc.)

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/-- Infrakingdom (Grade) of Coelomates   +====> [ 75]
/   / (skip this generation?)
/-- Subgrade of Protostomia
/   / or: Clade Nephrozoa
/-- Superphylum Ecdysozoa (Arthropods, Roundworms, etc.)
/-- Supraphylum Panarthropoda
/-- Phylum Arthropoda
/-- Subphylum Arachnomorpha
/-- Infraphylum Chelicerata (Arachnids & Horseshoe Crabs)
/-- Class Arachnida (Spiders & Scorpions)
/-- Order Araneae (Spiders)
/-- Suborder Opisthothelae
/-- Infraorder Mygalomorphae (Tarantulas & Trapdoor Spiders)
/-- Superfamily Theraphosoidea
/-- Family Theraphosidae (True Tarantulas)
/-- Subfamily Theraphosinae
/-- Genus Theraphosa (bird-eating tarantulas)
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- Goliath Birdeater
 

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