Giant Anteater
Myrmecophaga tridactyla
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The Giant Anteater has a long snout and a large, bushy tail. Its coat is brown with a large black and white stripe on its shoulder.
Giant AnteaterMyrmecophaga tridactyla
Location and Habitat
Giant anteaters live in the southernmost part of Central America and throughout a large part of South America.
Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)
The Giant Anteater is found in a wide variety of habitats from wet and dry grassland to forest providing there are ants or termites available for food.
Giant Anteater
Range
Central and South America from southern Belize and Guatemala to northern Argentina ...
Giant Anteater
Range:
Central and South America (southern Belize to northern Argentina)
Habitat:
Swamps, humid forests, savannahs
Conservation Status:
Near threatened
Scientific Name:
Myrmecophaga tridactyla ...
About Giant Anteaters
At birth, giant anteaters are about three pounds and covered in hair, looking much like miniature adults. When a baby rides on its mother's back, similar coloring helps keeps the baby camouflaged.
Giant Anteater
Mammal. Giant anteaters hunt for food at night and sleep as much as 15 hours a day. They do not have teeth.
Giant Anteater Range
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Fast Facts
Type: Mammal Diet: Carnivore Average life span in the wild: 14 years Size: Head and body, 6 to 49 in (15 to 124 cm); tail, ...
The giant anteater of South America is about the size of a German shepherd dog. It is covered with stiff, straw-like hair, which grows up to 40 cm long (16 in.) on the tail. It is a grizzled grey colour with black stripes bordered by white.
Giant Anteater
The toothless giant anteater, found only in Central and South America, spends its day shuffling awkwardly along, sniffing the ground with its long snout in search of ant nests.
HABITS ...
Giant anteaters have tongues measuring up to 50cm, no teeth, and feed on termites as well as ants. Their long hair and thick skin protects them from the bites of angry ants and termites defending their nest.
Scientific name: Myrmecophaga tridactyla ...
Giant anteaters do not have teeth; instead, they have tongues can reach as much as 610 mm (2 ft.) in length! As long as the tongue is, it is relatively narrow over the entirety of its length, with its widest point being only 10-15 mm (0.4-0.6 in.).
Giant Anteater: The largest representative of the group is the Giant Anteater, or Ant-bear (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), measuring 4 feet (1.2 m) in length without the tail, and 2 feet (60 cm) in height at the shoulder.
Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)
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Giant Anteater Myrmecophaga tridactyla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia ...
The giant anteater has coarse hair which can be grey or brown in colour, with a white-banded black stripe running along the giant anteater's body. The giant anteater also has a long, bushy tail which can be two to three feet long.
The Giant Anteater and regular anteaters have no teeth. Their food is aided by the pebbles and debris that they consume when they are eating their protein-packed meal.
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Appetite for Ants: A giant anteater can eat thousands of insects in a matter of minutes, and as many as 30,000 in a single day.
Included in the Vault are images of: Armadillos, Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), Giant Pangolin (Manis gigantea), Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), Sloths ...
parts of its former range it has disappeared, the result of habitat loss and hunting. It is hunted mostly for sport. They eat for only 30 to 60 seconds at each anthill, then move on to another mound. Unlike other anteater species, the giant anteater ...
 See also: Anteater, Termite, Sloth, Armadillo, Tamandua
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