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A giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) with a long snout and bushy tail forages with its claws in a fallen log on grassy ground in the Pantanal Wetlands, Brazil. Illustration of a giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) showing its long, bushy tail, elongated snout with a protruding tongue, and distinctive black and white markings along its shoulder and side. A scale bar above indicates length in centimeters and inches.
Observe a giant anteater using its long muzzle and wormlike tongue to eat and drink
A tamandua, or lesser anteater, extends its long tongue. Overlaid text reads "16 inch TONGUE" with an arrow pointing to the tongue. Forest background.
A lesser anteater, or southern tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla), climbs along a tree branch in the rainforest, with its black and white fur visible against a green background. silky anteater
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A pangolin walks through grass with a blue circle around it and the word endangered written in white across the image.
lesser anteater A giant anteater with a long snout and bushy tail stands on green grass in the Pantanal wetlands, surrounded by tall vegetation.
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A giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) with a long snout and bushy tail stands on grassy ground in the Pantanal Wetlands, Brazil, surrounded by tall green plants.
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anteater: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: American Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - ‘Things keep evolving into anteaters.’ Odd animals arose at least 12 separate times. Aug 20, 2026
Media added. May 30, 2026
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Veterinary Science - Metabolic diversity and responses of anteater clostridial isolates to chitin-based substrates. Apr 11, 2026
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Comparative masticatory myology in anteaters and its implications for interpreting morphological convergence in myrmecophagous placentals. Feb 12, 2026
Add new Web site: American Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - ‘Things keep evolving into anteaters.’ Odd animals arose at least 12 separate times. Oct 17, 2025
Media added. Apr 07, 2025
Add new Web site: CiteSeerX - Using Phylogenies to Study Convergence: The Case of the Ant-Eating Mammals1. Mar 15, 2025
Add new Web site: International Fund for Animal Welfare - Anteaters. Apr 12, 2024
Add new Web site: The Spruce Pets - Anteater: Species Profile. May 09, 2021
Media added. Nov 01, 2017
Add new Web site: Easy Science for Kids - Anteater. Sep 20, 2016
Add new Web site: The Natural History Collections - Anteater. Sep 20, 2016
Deleted video. Jul 02, 2015
Media added. May 05, 2015
Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Anteater. Jun 14, 2013
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Anteater. Jun 14, 2013
Media added. Jul 10, 2012
Added image of lesser anteater. Aug 25, 2010
Added new Web site: Animal Planet - Anteater. Apr 14, 2009
Added new Web site: MedlinePlus - Familial Hypercholesterolemia. May 27, 2008
Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Anteater. Mar 14, 2008
Article revised. Jul 22, 2005
Article revised. Mar 14, 2002
Article revised. Nov 02, 2001
Article added to new online database. May 27, 1999
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