Myrmecophagidae Gallery

Neotropical realm (wildlife of Central and South America), published 1897

Neotropical realm - wildlife of the temperate zones (subtropics) of Central and South America: 1) Vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus); Venezuelan red howler (Alouatta seniculus); 3) Hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus); 4) Andean condor (Vultur gryphus); 5) Southern opossum (Didelphis marsupialis); 6) Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco); 7) Pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus); 8) Scrub Tanager (Tangara Vitriolina); 9) Spangled coquette (Lophornis stictolophus); 10) Lama; 11) Collared peccary (Pecari tajacu); 12) Agouti (Dasyprocta); 13) Brazilian guinea pig (Cavia aperea); 14) Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla); 15) Greater rhea (Rhea americana); 16) Jagur (Panthera onca); 17) Bushmaster snake (Lachesis muta); 18) Tungara frog (Engystomops pustulosus); 19) Water Opossum (Chironectes minimus); 20) Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus); 21) Spotted nothura (Nothura maculosa); 22) South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa). Lithograph after a drawing by Friedrich Specht (German animal painter, 1839 - 1909), published in 1897

Northern tamandua (Tamandua mexicana)

Northern tamandua (Tamandua mexicana), looking for food, ants or termites, on a tree stump. Its long tongue is covered in gluey saliva for picking them up. It has no teeth. Belize

Megatherium Giant Sloth

The skeleton of a megatherium. Their huge claws meant that they couldn't put their feet flat on the ground and so, like anteaters, had to walk on the sides of their feet

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