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Tamandua
Sign in to saveTamandua is a genus of anteaters in the Myrmecophagidae family with two species: the southern tamandua (T. tetradactyla) and the northern tamandua (T. mexicana). They live in forests and grasslands, are semiarboreal, and possess partially prehensile tails. They mainly eat ants and termites, but they occasionally eat bees, beetles, and insect larvae. In captivity, they will eat fruits and meat.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderPilosa
- FamilyMyrmecophagidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 91
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Myrmecophagidae
- Collections
- CMNH, AMNH, CUMV
- Recorded in
- United States, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Panama, Colombia
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomy
- Extant species
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- Behavior
- Conservation
- Relationship with humans
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Tamandua is a genus of anteaters in the Myrmecophagidae family with two species: the southern tamandua (T. tetradactyla) and the northern tamandua (T. mexicana). They live in forests and grasslands, are semiarboreal, and possess partially prehensile tails. They mainly eat ants and termites, but they occasionally eat bees, beetles, and insect larvae. In captivity, they will eat fruits and meat.
== Taxonomy == The genus name is derived from the word in Tupi first recorded by Joseph of Anchieta in his Epistola quam plurimarum rerum naturalium quae S. Vicentii (nunc S. Pauli) provinciam incolunt sistens descriptionem (1560); ta- in ''tamãdu'á is deduced from taixi "ant" and the other half from mondé "to catch", mondá "thief" or monduár'' "hunter".
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