🦋 Family

Myrmecophagidae

3 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Mammalia › Pilosa › Myrmecophagidae

Tamandua tetradactyla, the southern tamandua, is a medium-sized anteater found across much of South America and Trinidad.

Tamandua mexicana, the northern tamandua, is a medium-sized arboreal anteater native to forests from southern Mexico to northwestern Peru.

Myrmecophaga tridactyla, the giant anteater, is the largest extant anteater, native to Central and South America and listed as Vulnerable.

Related Families

Bradypodidae 3 species Cyclopedidae 2 species Megalonychidae 2 species

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