Theraphosidae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Theraphosidae
- Genus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Theraphosidae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Tarantula
Tarantulas comprise a group of large and often hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae. As of 2025, more than 1,100 species have been identified, within 177 genera. The term "tarantula" is usually used to describe members of the family Theraphosidae, although many other members of the same infraorder (Mygalomorphae) are commonly referred to as "tarantulas" or "false tarantulas". Some of the more common species have become popular in the exotic pet trade. Many New World species kept as pets have setae known as urticating hairs that can cause irritation to the skin, and in extreme cases, cause damage to the eyes.
...Theraphosidae in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Bobbejaanspinnekoppe & Tarantulas
- Chinese
- 捕鳥蛛科
- Chinese
- 捕鳥蛛
- Croatian
- Tarantule
- Croatian
- Tarantula
- Czech
- sklípkanovití
- Danish
- Fugleedderkoppefamilien
- English
- Tarantulas
- English
- Baboon Spiders
- English
- Bird Spiders
- English
- Bird-eating Spiders
- English
- Birdeaters
- English
- Earth Tigers
- German
- Vogelspinnen
- Hebrew
- פרווניתיים
- Hungarian
- madárpókfélék
- Japanese
- オオツチグモ科
- Lithuanian
- Tarantulai
- Portuguese
- Caranguejeiras
- Russian
- Пауки-птицееды
- Russian
- Пауки-птицеяды
- Thai
- วงศ์ บึ้ง
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Actinopodidae
- Anamidae
- Atracidae
- Atypoidea
- Barychelidae
- Bemmeridae
- Ctenizidae
- Cyrtaucheniidae
- Dipluridae
- Entypesidae
- Euagridae
- Euctenizidae
- Halonoproctidae
- Hexathelidae
- Idiopidae
- Ischnothelidae
- Macrothelidae
- Microhexuridae
- Microstigmatidae
- Migidae
- Nemesiidae
- Paratropididae
- Porrhothelidae
- Pycnothelidae
- Rhytidicolidae
- Stasimopidae
- Theraphosidae































































































































































