Ant Eater
English name of the animals belonging to the genus myrmecophaga of Linnæus. They have lengthened muzzle terminated by a small, toothless mouth, from which they protrude a long, threadlike tongue, covered with viscous saliva. This they thrust into the nets of termites, or those of ants proper, sucking the animals which adhere to it into their mouths. Their claws are strong, and are used for tearing to pieces the structures erected by the termites. Among the species may be enumerated the M. jabata, the great or maned ant eater, which has four toes before and five behind, and the M. didactyla, the 2 70 3 D 20 E.
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Broome Londonderry Tamor Sea TIMOR Palmerston Purt Darr 20 SUMBA 60 FLOREST BOURU Banda Sca 2 70 3 80 4 5 100 6 110 7 20 00 ANTEDILUVIAN, little or two-toed ant rater. Both are South American.
The scaly ant eaters are of an allied genus, manis. They derive their English name from the fact that they are covered with thick scales, which give them the members of a large family of ruminant