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	Giant Anteater - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Giant Anteater is generally acknowledged to have a keen sense of smell, used to locate ants, but is thought to have poorer sight and hearing.
		The Giant Anteater is a nomadic animal, moving from one anthill to the next.
		Giant anteaters can use their immense front claws to defend themselves from predators, though their typical response to threat is to run away.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Giant_Anteater (1067 words)

	Giant Anteater (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The mother anteater carries her single offspring on her back for a considerable length of time, even though the baby anteater is capable of a slow gallop four weeks after birth.
		Docile and inoffensive by nature, the anteater’s principal enemies are the puma and the jaguar.
		Giant anteaters are hunted in South America for their meat and for trophies.
	www.nature.ca /notebooks/english/giantant.htm (199 words)

	Anteater - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Anteaters are the 4 mammal species of the suborder Vermilingua commonly known for eating ants and termites.
		The largest representative of the group is the Giant Anteater, or Ant-bear (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), an animal measuring 4 feet (1.2 m) in length without the tail, and 2 feet (60 cm) in height at the shoulder.
		The Anteater is the mascot of the University of California, Irvine.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ant-eater (432 words)

	Anteater
		The typical and largest representative of the group is the Giant Anteater[?] or Ant-bear (Myrmecophaga jubata or tridactyla), an animal measuring 4 feet (1.2 m) in length without the tail, and 2 feet (60 cm) in height at the shoulder.
		The tamandua anteaters, as typified by Tamandua (or Uroleptes) tetradactyla, are much smaller than the Giant Anteater, and differ essentially from it in their habits, being mainly tree-dwelling.
		The little or Two-toed Anteater (Cyclopes or Cycloturus didactylus) is a native of the hottest parts of South and Central America, and about the size of a rat, of a general yellowish color, and exclusively tree-dwelling.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/an/Anteater.html (347 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Giant Anteaters
		The giant anteater is the largest species of anteater, typically growing to a length of 1-1.3 metres, not including the tail, and weighing between 22 and 40 kilograms.
		Giant anteaters range from grey to brown in colour, yet all have a distinctive fl stripe with a white border, running from beneath the snout to about halfway along the side of the body.
		The anteater feeds only briefly from each nest, partly so that insect colonies are not exhausted and are quickly able to rebuild their numbers, thus providing a sustainable source of food for many years, but also because the aggrieved insects will promptly start to attack the raiding anteater.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A1053721 (874 words)

	Giant Anteater - Animal Details
		Giant anteaters are primarily found in the savannahs and grasslands of Central and South America.
		Anteaters are efficient eaters, with long sticky tongues that can flick in and out of their mouths at a rate of up to 160 times a minute.
		The principal predators of the anteater are members of the cat family, such as the puma and the jaguar, but humans pose the greatest danger to this threatened creature, by the systematic and ongoing destruction of its habitat.
	members.tripod.com /rc-anodizing/PEZT/animalsZT/giantanteater.htm (531 words)

	Amazon Animals mammals - anteater natural history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		There are four species of anteaters in the Amazon: the giant anteater which is terrestrial, and two species of tamanduas and the pygmy anteater, which are arboreal.
		The giant anteater, also called the ant bear, must be one of the weirdest-looking animals in the Amazon rainforest.
		The anteater's most remarkable adaptation is arguably its skull, in which the lower jaw is entirely fused with the upper, preventing the animal from opening its mouth at all.
	www.junglephotos.com /amazon/amanimals/ammammals/anteaternathist.shtml (711 words)

	Giant Anteater
		Giant anteaters are found in Central and South America in a wide range of habitats from savanna to montane and tropical rainforests.
		The anteater's mouth is a small opening at the end of a long snout on an elongated head.
		Anteaters walk on the outer surface of the last finger -- they appear to be walking on their knuckles, protecting the claws.
	www.hilozoo.com /animals/A_anteater.htm (487 words)

	Iwokrama Forest \| Giant Anteater
		Giant Anteaters are found from Belize to northern Argentina, including Iwokrama Forest and the Rupununi Savannahs.
		Giant Anteaters have fur that is thick and coarse and longer towards the tail.
		Giant anteaters are usually solitary, except for mother-young pairs, only coming together for brief periods for courtship and agonistic encounters.
	www.iwokrama.org /forest/animals/giantanteater.htm (1042 words)

	Giant Anteater - Picture and Sound Clip - MSN Encarta
		Anteaters are native to Central and South America, inhabiting both forest and open-plain regions.
		The giant anteater, shown here, is the largest of the species, weighing up to 23 kg (50 lb).
		The animal is well-adapted to hunt for insects, its sole source of food, because of its long front claws and sticky tongue, which can extend to 60 cm (24 in).
	encarta.msn.com /media_461516528_761572531_-1_1/Giant_Anteater.html (94 words)

	Giant Anteater (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		One adaptation of the giant anteater is its hearing.
		Giant anteaters sense of smell is so good they can smell ants and termites from miles away.
		Unlike most animals giant anteaters can not use their tongue to drink from a pond river or stream so instead they drink by licking the water off of wet plants.
	www.makalapa.k12.hi.us /Makalapa_Folder/HTML/adapt&survive/ah/anteater.html (535 words)

	Pictures of the giant anteater\|Myrmecophaga tridactyla facts
		The giant anteater is classified as Myrmecophaga tridactyla, the pygmy anteater as Cyclopes didactylus, and the lesser anteaters as Tamandua tetradactyla and Tamandua mexicana.
		Giant anteaters are the prey of pumas and jaguars.
		In some areas, Giant Anteaters are becoming quite rare due to the trade in exotic pets, and the destruction of their habitats; in captivity they have lived for up to 14 years.
	www.thewebsiteofeverything.com /animals/mammals/Xenarthra/Myrmecophagidae/Myrmecophaga/Myrmecophaga-tridactyla.html (525 words)

	Lady Wildlifes Giant Ant Eater Page
		Giant anteaters are usually silent, but a youngster will whistle shrilly when it is let alone.
		The giant anteater is prey to jaguars and other larger cats, although its coat of dense hair gives it good camouflage.
		The body temperature of the giant anteater is one 32 - 35 Degrees, which enables it to survive on the low caloric content of its food.
	ladywildlife.com /animal/giantanteater.html (774 words)

	Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Giant anteaters live in tropical forests and grassy plains from Panama to Argentina.
		It is generally acknowledged that giant anteaters have a poor sense of sight but a keen sense of smell.
		However, giant anteaters actually have five toes on each paw (the fifth is a "vestigial" one).
	www.cogsci.indiana.edu /farg/harry/bio/zoo/anteatrg.htm (278 words)

	Giant anteater - Myrmecophaga tridactyla: More Information - ARKive
		Giant anteaters are predominantly solitary, except for mothers and their offspring (6).
		Anteaters sleep for as much as 16 hours a day out in the open with their tail wrapped around them like a blanket (2).
		The giant anteater and its habitat are threatened by agricultural encroachment and fires, both natural and started by people (2).
	www.arkive.org /species/GES/mammals/Myrmecophaga_tridactyla/more_info.html (822 words)

	The Giant Anteater
		The toothless giant anteater, found only in Central and South America, spends its day shuffling awkwardly along, sniffing the ground with its long snout in search of ant nests.
		The anteater's acute sense of smell detects the ants.
		The giant anteater is the most vulnerable species of anteater and is likely to become in danger of extinction in the next few years, unless measures are taken now.
	wonderclub.com /Wildlife/mammals/giantanteater.html (388 words)

	San Francisco Zoo \| Animals \| Giant Anteater (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The giant anteater is the largest of the four species of anteaters, and differs greatly from the others in appearance.
		The giant anteater has a long, elongated snout, as well as a diagonal fl and white shoulder stripe and long, bushy tail.
		Giant anteaters are native to the swamps, grasslands and humid forests from Southern Belize to Northern Argentina, and are members of the last living group of animals to have evolved in South America when it was an isolated island continent.
	www.sfzoo.org /cgi-bin/animals.py?ID=29 (669 words)

	Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)
		The Giant anteater has a long, thin tongue that it uses to extract ants from their mound.
		The Giant anteater can be found in large parts of southern Central America and the northern and central parts of South America.
		A keen sense of smell is critical for the Giant anteater.
	www.thebigzoo.com /Animals/Giant_Anteater.asp (257 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Giant anteater
		The largest anteater, and one of the strangest-looking animals on Earth, the giant anteater is an ant and termite specialist with an amazingly long tongue and powerful claws.
		Giant anteaters are one of the strangest-looking animals.
		Giant anteaters have the lowest metabolic rate of any placental mammal, being recorded at 32.7 degrees Centigrade.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/591.shtml (440 words)

	Research & Resources: Species Profiles - Giant Anteater
		It comes as no surprise that this 'giant' is the largest of the four known species of anteater.
		The giant anteater has a dark and shaggy coat, with a white stripe along the shoulder and fl bands around the wrists.
		The giant anteater digests the insects using a series of growths inside its mouth, as it has no teeth.
	www.rainforest-alliance.org /resources/forest-facts/species-profiles/anteater.html (374 words)

	Our World Of Animals - Animal Information
		Therefore, giant anteaters walk on their knuckles, curving the claws under the paws as they walk.
		Their tongues are coated with saliva which enables the anteater to flick the tongue in and out up to 150 times a minute, trapping ants and termites on the sticky coating.
		Anteaters use their giant front claws to dig for food and for self-defense.
	www.houstonzoo.org /Animal/viewAnimalDetail.asp?scriptaction=showanimal&Animal_Preview_Flag=0&animal_ID=102 (337 words)

	The Living Edens "Manu" -- Fauna: Mammals
		Often found foraging for a meal of leaf cutter ants, the giant anteater (Myrmecophagidae tridactyla) is among three species of anteaters that inhabit the Manu River region.
		The giant anteater is a toothless mammal that feeds on ants and lives on the ground.
		Using its keen sense of smell, the giant anteater is able to effectively track down ant nests on the forest floor.
	www.pbs.org /edens/manu/mammals.htm (1261 words)

	Anteater - educational resources
		Animals of the Rainforest: The Anteater: Animals of the Rainforest: The Anteater.
		The Virtual Zoo: Anteaters: Anteater is the common name for any of four insect-eating mammals of Mexico, Central America, and South America, having a long head with a long, tubular mouth...
		Autonomic innervation of salivary glands in the armadillo, anteater, and sloth (Edentata).
	animals.mongabay.com /featured/Anteater.html (521 words)

	Giant anteater (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Giant anteaters frequent grasslands, pampas, and border forests.
		The long, stiff hair of anteaters protects them from the retaliations of attacked termite colonies.
		Anteaters can swim and run fairly well, but primary defense is the massive set of front claws.
	www.curator.org /LegacyVMNH/WebOfLife/Kingdom/P_Chordata/ClassMammalia/ClassMammalia/OrderXenarthra/giant_anteater.htm (138 words)

	Anteater,Mammals,Anteater Picture,Mammal Pictures,Catalog,Encyclopedia
		Anteaters are toothless MAMMALS that feed mainly on ants.
		The giant anteater, or ant bear (Myramacophaga tridactyla), measures 183 cm (6 ft) from the long, cylindrical snout to the end of the bushy, cascading tail, and weighs up to 23 kg (50 lb).
		The collared anteater, Tamandua tetradactyla, is about 56 cm (22 in) long, and its naked prehensile tail is as long again or longer.
	www.4to40.com /earth/geography/htm/mammalsindex.asp?counter=4 (171 words)

	Comparative Placentation
		The giant anteater has done well in numerous zoological parks and reaches a maximum age of 25 years.
		Rather, the anteater has a good chorioallantoic membrane that is not dissimilar to that of primates.
		A small number of giant anteaters have been autopsied and only a few specific lesions were identified.
	medicine.ucsd.edu /cpa/ant.html (3236 words)

	Anteater Printout- EnchantedLearning.com
		Anteaters are solitary mammals that live in grasslands, savannas (plains with grasses and some trees), and open tropical forests in South and Central America.
		Anteaters walk on their knuckles; they have long, hook-like claws that do not retract, but curve under the paws when the anteater walks.
		The biggest is the giant anteater, which is 7 feet (2 m) long including its long tail.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/mammals/anteater/Anteaterprintout.shtml (210 words)

	Giant Anteater (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Anteaters lack teeth and feed mostly on ants and termites.
		The giant anteater is the largest and best-known species of anteater.
		Some giant anteaters grow over 6 feet (1.8 meters) in length, including a tail measuring about 3 feet (0.9 meters) in length.
	my.coredcs.com /0D/1A/rrastedt/mamm/ante (232 words)

	Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens: Things to See and Do
		In the southern part of its range, the giant anteater is believed to breed in the fall (March – May), but in captivity individuals also mate in the spring (August – October).
		Giant anteaters have relatively slow metabolic rates and one of the lowest recorded body temperatures of any terrestrial mammals (91° F).
		The abundance of the giant anteater varies with habitat and perhaps corresponds with the distribution of its prey.
	www.jaxzoo.org /things/biofacts/GiantAnteater.asp (970 words)

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