15 Facts About Giant anteater

Giant anteater is an insectivorous mammal native to Central and South America.

Giant anteater is found in multiple habitats, including grassland and rainforest.

Giant anteater is listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

The giant anteater is grouped with the semiarboreal northern and southern tamanduas in the family Myrmecophagidae.

Giant anteater is the most terrestrial of the living anteater species.

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Giant anteater can be identified by its large size, elongated muzzle, and long bushy tail.

Giant anteater has no teeth and is capable of only very limited jaw movement.

The Giant anteater's tongue has little to no attachments to the hyoid and this is what allows it to flick its tongue at such distances and speed.

The giant anteater cannot produce stomach acid of its own, but uses the formic acid of its prey for digestion.

Giant anteater is commonly hunted in Bolivia, both for sport and sustenance.

An Giant anteater spends one minute on average feeding at a nest, visiting up to 200 nests in one day and consuming as many as 30,000 insects.

The front claws of the giant anteater are formidable weapons, capable of killing a jaguar.

The giant anteater is a host of the Acanthocephalan intestinal parasites Gigantorhynchus echinodiscus and Moniliformis monoechinus.

In one Shipib tale, an Giant anteater challenged a jaguar to a breath-holding contest under water, which the jaguar accepted.

An Giant anteater is a recurring character in the comic strip BC This character was the inspiration for Peter the Anteater, the University of California, Irvine team mascot.