anteater

1. Toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites (synset 102464461)
   is a type of: eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal - mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
   belongs to: genus manis, manis - type genus of the Manidae
   same as: pangolin, scaly anteater
2. 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 America
   subtypes:

   • 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 anteaters
   same as: new world anteater
3. Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites;
   Sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata (synset 102085443)
   is a type of: eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal - mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
   belongs to: genus orycteropus, orycteropus - coextensive with the family Orycteropodidae
   same as: aardvark, ant bear, orycteropus afer
4. Small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites;
   Nearly extinct (synset 101888139)
   is a type of: dasyurid, dasyurid marsupial - small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania
   belongs to: genus myrmecobius, myrmecobius - banded anteater
   same as: banded anteater, myrmecobius fasciatus, numbat
5. A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites;
   Native to New Guinea (synset 101875413)
   is a type of: egg-laying mammal, monotreme - the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria
   belongs to: genus zaglossus, zaglossus - a genus of Tachyglossidae
   same as: echidna, spiny anteater
6. A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites;
   Native to Australia (synset 101875042)
   is a type of: egg-laying mammal, monotreme - the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria
   belongs to: genus tachyglossus, tachyglossus - type genus of the family Tachyglossidae
   same as: echidna, spiny anteater

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