Tarantulas or spiders from the family Theraphosidae, consist of around 1,040 discovered species across the world but mainly between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.

A hugely misunderstood group of animals, these ancient group of spiders date back to around 120 million years and thus a huge diversity has arisen

Taxonomy

Kingdom – Animalia

Phylum – Arthropoda

Class – Arachnida

Order – Aranae

Family – Theraphosidae

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