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   Myrmecophagidae. anteaters. Four species in three gen­era make up this fam­ily, whose mem­bers are found in Cen­tral and South Amer­ica. Anteaters range from the very small Cy­clopes, which weighs around 250 gms, to the large Myrme­cophaga, which weighs over 30 kg. All anteaters have long, ta­pered snouts; that of Myrme­cophaga is ex ...

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   What does the word myrmecophagid mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the word myrmecophagid . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   What is the meaning of Myrmecophagidae?

   • Definition of Myrmecophagidae. : a family of edentate mammals including the South American ant bear, the tamandua, and the silky anteater.

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   How many anteaters are in The Myrmecophagidae?

   • The Myrmecophagidae are a family of anteaters, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek words for 'ant' and 'eat' ( myrmeco- and phagos ). Two genera and three species are in the family, consisting of the giant anteater, and the tamanduas.

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   Who are Myrmecophagids?

   • Myrmecophagids belong to the Xenarthra, formerly known as Edentata, which also includes sloths and armadillos. Edentates (meaning without teeth) diverged from insectivores during the Cretaceous period, roughly 135 million years ago.

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   What is the difference between tamandua and Myrmecophaga?

   • Myrmecophaga walks with a peculiar, shuffling gait; Tamandua species walk on the sides of their hands; and Cyclopes are almost exclusively arboreal. The body fur varies from coarse and long ( Myrmecophaga) to short, soft, and silky ( Cyclopes ). All species have some sort of contrasting color pattern.

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   Myrmecophagidae. The Myrmecophagidae are a family of anteaters, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek words for 'ant' and 'eat' ( myrmeco- and phagos ). Two genera and three species are in the family, consisting of the giant anteater, and the tamanduas. The fossil Eurotamandua from the Messel Pit in Germany may be an early anteater, but ...

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   • Kingdom: Animalia

   • Family: Myrmecophagidae, Gray, 1825
   • Phylum: Chordata

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   Cyclopes didactylus, the silky anteater, is a small (about 250 g) tropical forest canopy dweller. The two species of Tamandua, the vested or collared anteaters, are about the size of a fox terrier and semiarboreal. Myrmecophaga jubata, the giant anteater, is large (about 30 kg) and predominantly terrestrial.

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   Physical characteristics: Giant anteaters range in length from 5 feet, 7 inches to 9.1 feet (174 to 280 centimeters). That length includes tails, which are from 25 to 35 inches (64 to 90 centimeters) long. Tail fur is about 16 inches (40.6 centimeters) long. The anteater's long fur is gray with bands of black and white.

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   The meaning of MYRMECOPHAGIDAE is a family of edentate mammals including the South American ant bear, the tamandua, and the silky anteater.

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   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. The tail is large and bushy and is nearly as long as the body. Head and body length mea­sures 1,000 to ...