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tropical. terrestrial. Terrestrial Biomes. savanna or grassland. Physical Description. Giant anteaters are quite distinctive morphologically, they are the largest of the anteater species. The snout is long (up to 45 cm in length) and the skull is streamlined with small eyes and ears.
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Myrmecophaga tridactyla; giant anteater Myrmecophaga...
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Myrmecophaga tridactyla; giant anteater Myrmecophaga...
- Panthera Onca
Other Habitat Features; riparian; Range elevation 10 to 2000...
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Anteaters and sloths diverged around 55 Mya, between the Paleocene and Eocene epochs. The lineages of Cyclopes and other extant anteaters split around 40 Mya in the Oligocene epoch, while the last common ancestor of Myrmecophaga and Tamandua existed 10 Mya in the Late Miocene subepoch.
Apr 12, 2018 · Myrmecophaga tridactyla is easily distinguished from the other 2 genera (3 species) of anteaters within the suborder Vermilingua by size alone. With an average total length of roughly 2,000 mm, it is twice as long as the 2 species of Tamandua , and it dwarfs the silky anteater Cyclopes didactylus , which has an average total length of 433–450 ...
- Timothy Gaudin, Patrick Hicks, Yamil Edgardo Di Blanco
- 2018
Myrmecophaga tridactyla is significantly larger than the other subspecies. ( Clozato, et al., 2017; Gaudin, et al., 2018) Geographic Range. Habitat ranges are diverse including Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and South America (Gaudin T. 2018).
Myrmecophaga tridactyla Giant anteaters are the largest of the four anteater species, reaching lengths of 6-8 feet. They are native to Central and South America, where they feed on tiny termites and ants using their 2-foot-long tongue, which can flick in and out up to 150 times per minute.
The only extant member of the genus Myrmecophaga, it is classified with sloths in the order Pilosa. This species is mostly terrestrial, in contrast to other living anteaters and sloths, which are arboreal or semiarboreal. The giant anteater is 182 to 217 cm (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in to 7 ft 1+1⁄2 in) in length, with weights of 33 to 50 kg (73 to 110 ...
Scientific Name: Myrmecophaga tridactyla. Type: Mammals. Diet: Insectivore. Average Life Span In The Wild: 14 years. Size: Head and body: 6 to 49 inches; tail: 7 to 35 inches. Weight: 40 to 140...
