Giant anteater
(Myrmecophaga tridactyla)[] | |
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Species ID: | 3-71-436-2822-13083 |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Pilosa |
Family: | Myrmecophagidae |
Genus: | Myrmecophaga |
Conservation status: | VU - Vulnerable |
Systems: | Terrestrial |
Links: | IUCN Red List |
Other names[]
- Ant bear
Diet[]
- Ants
- Termites
- Insect larvae
Biomes[]
- Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
- Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
- Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests
- Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
- Flooded grasslands and savannas
- Deserts and xeric shrublands
- Mangroves
Locations[]

Ecoregion range
Ecozones[]
Ecoregions[]
- NT0101 Araucaria moist forests
- NT0102 Atlantic Coast restingas
- NT0103 Bahia coastal forests
- NT0104 Bahia interior forests
- NT0105 Bolivian Yungas
- NT0106 Caatinga Enclaves moist forests
- NT0107 Caqueta moist forests
- NT0108 Catatumbo moist forests
- NT0111 Central American Atlantic moist forests
- NT0112 Central American montane forests
- NT0115 Chocó-Darién moist forests
- NT0117 Cordillera La Costa montane forests
- NT0118 Cordillera Oriental montane forests
- NT0119 Costa Rican seasonal moist forests
- NT0122 Eastern Panamanian montane forests
- NT0124 Guianan Highlands moist forests
- NT0125 Guianan moist forests
- NT0126 Gurupa várzea
- NT0128 Iquitos várzea
- NT0129 Isthmian-Atlantic moist forests
- NT0130 Isthmian-Pacific moist forests
- NT0132 Japurá-Solimoes-Negro moist forests
- NT0133 Juruá-Purus moist forests
- NT0135 Madeira-Tapajós moist forests
- NT0137 Magdalena-Urabá moist forests
- NT0138 Marajó várzea
- NT0139 Maranhão Babaçu forests
- NT0140 Mato Grosso seasonal forests
- NT0141 Monte Alegre várzea
- NT0142 Napo moist forests
- NT0143 Negro-Branco moist forests
- NT0144 Northeastern Brazil restingas
- NT0147 Orinoco Delta swamp forests
- NT0149 Guianan Freshwater swamp forests
- NT0150 Alto Paraná Atlantic forests
- NT0152 Pernambuco interior forests
- NT0153 Peruvian Yungas
- NT0156 Purus várzea
- NT0157 Purus-Madeira moist forests
- NT0158 Rio Negro campinarana
- NT0159 Santa Marta montane forests
- NT0160 Serra do Mar coastal forests
- NT0163 Solimões-Japurá moist forest
- NT0166 Southwest Amazon moist forests
- NT0167 Talamancan montane forests
- NT0168 Tapajós-Xingu moist forests
- NT0169 Pantepuis
- NT0170 Tocantins/Pindare moist forests
- NT0173 Uatuma-Trombetas moist forests
- NT0174 Ucayali moist forests
- NT0175 Venezuelan Andes montane forests
- NT0180 Xingu-Tocantins-Araguaia moist forests
- NT0182 Guianan piedmont and lowland moist forests
- NT0201 Apure-Villavicencio dry forests
- NT0202 Atlantic dry forests
- NT0209 Central American dry forests
- NT0212 Chiquitano dry forests
- NT0219 Lara-Falcón dry forests
- NT0222 Maracaibo dry forests
- NT0229 Sinú Valley dry forests
- NT0303 Central American pine-oak forests
- NT0306 Miskito pine forests
- NT0701 Dry Chaco
- NT0702 Beni savanna
- NT0703 Campos Rupestres montane savanna
- NT0704 Cerrado
- NT0707 Guianan savanna
- NT0708 Humid Chaco
- NT0709 Llanos
- NT0906 Orinoco wetlands
- NT0907 Pantanal
- NT0908 Paraná flooded savanna
- NT0909 Southern Cone Mesopotamian savanna
- NT1301 Araya and Paria xeric scrub
- NT1304 Caatinga
- NT1308 Guajira-Barranquilla xeric scrub
- NT1309 La Costa xeric shrublands
- NT1313 Paraguana xeric scrub
- NT1401 Amazon-Orinoco-Southern Caribbean mangroves
- NT1403 Mesoamerican Gulf-Caribbean mangroves
- NT1406 Southern Atlantic mangroves
- NT1407 Southern Mesoamerican Pacific mangroves