new world anteater
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Any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites (synset 102462640)
is a type of: edentate - primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South Americasubtypes:
- ant bear, giant anteater, great anteater, myrmecophaga jubata, tamanoir - large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America
- cyclopes didactylus, silky anteater, two-toed anteater - squirrel-sized South American toothless anteater with long silky golden fur
- lesser anteater, tamandu, tamandua, tamandua tetradactyla - small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America
belongs to: family myrmecophagidae, myrmecophagidae - New World anteaterssame as: anteater
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