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The giant anteater is the most terrestrial of the living anteater species; specialization for life on the ground appears to be a new trait in anteater evolution. The transition to life on the ground could have been aided by the expansion of open habitats such as savanna in South America and the abundance of native colonial insects , such as ...
Red: anteater, yellow: armadillo, blue: sloth, orange: both anteater and armadillo, green: both armadillo and sloth, purple: anteater, armadillo and sloth Xenarthra ( / z ɛ ˈ n ɑːr θ r ə / ; from Ancient Greek ξένος , xénos, "foreign, alien" + ἄρθρον , árthron, "joint") is a major clade of placental mammals native to the ...
The giant anteater is the type host of a species of nematode, Aspidodera serrata, [38] while the silky anteater is the type host of the coccidian Eimeria cyclopei. [39] Other parasites that affect anteaters are protozoans , bacteria , parabasalids , and viruses .
Tamandua is a genus of anteaters in the Myrmecophagidae family with two species: the southern tamandua (T. tetradactyla) and the northern tamandua (T. mexicana). [2] They live in forests and grasslands, are semiarboreal, and possess partially prehensile tails. They mainly eat ants and termites, but they occasionally eat bees, beetles, and ...
The Giant Anteater, one of the inhabitants of Los Katíos. Los Katíos National Natural Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Natural (PNN) Los Katíos) is a protected area located in northwest Colombia which covers about 720 km 2 (280 sq mi). The elevation ranges between 50 and 600 m (160 and 1,970 ft).
Critically endangered: The species is in imminent risk of extinction in the wild. EN: ... Giant anteater, Myrmecophaga tridactyla VU possibly extirpated; Genus: Tamandua.
All About Giant Anteaters. Giant Anteaters are the largest species in the anteater family. They are native to Central and South America, where they road forests, swamps, and grasslands.
Critically endangered: The species is in imminent risk of extinction in the wild. EN: Endangered: ... Giant anteater, Myrmecophaga tridactyla NT; Genus: Tamandua.