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Giant Anteater
Giant Anteater
Myrmecophaga tridactyla
Mammalia
VULNERABLE

Stats

Lifespan
14-16 yrs
Size
Large
Diet
Insectivore
Activity
Cathemeral
Social
Solitary
Biome
Tropical grassland
Range
Central and South America
Movement
Walking
Breeding
Live Birth
Defense
Armor
Status
Vulnerable

About

The giant anteater is the world's largest anteater, reaching up to 2.1 m from snout to tail-tip. It has no teeth but wields a 60 cm tongue coated in sticky saliva, sweeping up to 35,000 ants and termites in a single day.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    newborn
    A live-born newborn nurses on its mother's milk and depends on her for warmth and protection.
  2. 2.
    juvenile
    A weaned juvenile begins eating solid food and learning from its parents or group.
  3. 3.
    adult
    Fully grown at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Pilosa
Family
Myrmecophagidae
Genus
Myrmecophaga
Species
Myrmecophaga tridactyla