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Goliath birdeater
Species of tarantula from South America / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Bird-eating spider" redirects here. The term may also refer to eastern tarantula, some other members of the genus Theraphosa, and several species within the genus Avicularia.
The Goliath birdeater (Theraphosa blondi) belongs to the tarantula family Theraphosidae. Found in northern South America, it is the largest spider in the world by mass (175 g (6.2 oz)) and body length (up to 13 cm (5.1 in)), and second to the giant huntsman spider by leg span.[1] It is also called the Goliath tarantula or Goliath bird-eating spider;[2] the practice of calling theraphosids "bird-eating" derives from an early 18th-century copper engraving by Maria Sibylla Merian that shows one eating a hummingbird. Despite the spider's name, it rarely preys on birds.[3][2]
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Goliath birdeater | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Theraphosidae |
Genus: | Theraphosa |
Species: | T. blondi |
Binomial name | |
Theraphosa blondi (Latreille, 1804) | |
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