Avicularia avicularia

Pinktoe tarantula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Avicularia
Species:
A. avicularia
Binomial name
Avicularia avicularia
Synonyms
  • Aranea avicularia
  • Aranea vestiaria
  • Avicularia vestaria
  • Avicularia vestiaria
  • Avicularia vulpina
  • Mygale avicularia
  • Mygale scoparia
  • Mygale testacea
  • Mygale hirsutissima

Avicularia avicularia, sometimes called the pinktoe tarantula, is a species of tarantula native to Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Trinidad, Tobago, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. This species is sometimes called the Guyana pinktoe, or South American pinktoe.

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