| Protamandua Temporal range: Santacrucian | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Superorder: | Xenarthra |
| Order: | Pilosa |
| Suborder: | Vermilingua |
| Family: | Myrmecophagidae |
| Genus: | †Protamandua Ameghino, 1904 |
Protamandua is an extinct genus of anteater. Its closest living relatives are the giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) and tamanduas (genus Tamandua). It may have been a common ancestor of Myrmecophaga and Tamandua.