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The silky anteater is a slow-moving animal and feeds mainly on ants, eating between 700 and 5,000 a day. [10] Silky anteaters also feed on wasps and wasp pupae, attacking the wasp nests at night when the wasps are sluggish and unable to defend themselves. [11] Sometimes, it also feeds on other insects, such as termites and small coccinellid ...
Pilosa species of different families; from top-left, clockwise: silky anteater (Cyclopes didactylus), giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), pale-throated sloth (Bradypus tridactylus), Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) Pilosa is an order of placental mammals. Members of this order are called pilosans, and include anteaters and ...
Pilosa species of different families; from top-left, clockwise: Silky anteater (Cyclopes didactylus), giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), pale-throated sloth (Bradypus tridactylus), Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) Scientific classification; Domain: Eukaryota: Kingdom: Animalia: Phylum: Chordata: Class: Mammalia ...
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In Portuguese, tamanduá is used to refer to all anteaters; in Spanish, only the two species in the genus Tamandua are known by this name, with the giant anteater and silky anteater being called oso hormiguero and cíclope, respectively. All four species are also known by a number of indigenous names. [6]
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However you define them, anteaters are fascinating creatures. The answer is either five continents or only in the Western Hemisphere. However you define them, anteaters are fascinating creatures. ...
Silky anteater, Cyclopes didactylus LC; Family: Myrmecophagidae (American anteaters) Genus: Myrmecophaga silky anteater Giant anteater, Myrmecophaga tridactyla NT; Genus: Tamandua silky anteater Southern tamandua, Tamandua tetradactyla LC