Anteater Size
Size of Anteater
Weight | 18kg - 40kg (40lbs - 88lbs) | ||
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Lifespan | 9 - 20 years | ||
Maximum speed | 18 mph |
The Anteater is a member of the chordata, It is a mammal that raises the next generation with female breast milk. In taxonomy, its phylum is Chordata, the class is Mammalia, and it belongs to the order Xenarthra.
The Anteater belonged to the family Myrmecophagidae, mainly distributed in Central-America, South-America. They like to live in forest and grasslands, and solitary is their life style.Their skin type is fur, and their bodies have multiple colors, mainly brown, grey, black, tan. it likes to eat ants the most. In addition, ants, termites, insects are also foods that it often preys.Their main predators are puma, snakes, jaguar.
If we use one sentence to describe the Anteater, it is "Found throughout the Southern Hemisphere!".