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Type Words
Synonyms echidna, spiny anteater
Type of monotreme, egg-laying mammal
Type Words
Synonyms banded anteater, myrmecobius fasciatus, numbat
Type of dasyurid marsupial, dasyurid
Type Words
Synonyms echidna, spiny anteater
Type of egg-laying mammal, monotreme
Type Words
Synonyms aardvark, ant bear, orycteropus afer
Type of placental mammal, eutherian, placental, eutherian mammal
Type Words
Synonyms pangolin, scaly anteater
Type of placental, eutherian mammal, eutherian, placental mammal
Type Words
Synonyms new world anteater
Type of edentate
Has types lesser anteater, cyclopes didactylus, giant anteater, great anteater, ant bear, myrmecophaga jubata, silky anteater, tamandu, tamandua, tamandua tetradactyla, tamanoir, two-toed anteater

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The orangutan is near the lemurs, which are just across from the giant anteater.
From the sacbee.com
Gone was the anteater nose and in its place a much neater, less polarising face.
From the smh.com.au
If you're looking for an anteater, that's not quite as clear-cut of a mission.
From the omaha.com
The living animal they probably most closely resemble is the giant anteater.
From the sciencedaily.com
The new anteater is only a month old and currently weighs less than 5 lbs.
From the huffingtonpost.com
The anteater finds a place to sleep, curls up, and covers itself with its bushy tail.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Trade in the Asian pangolin, a scaly anteater, illustrates the problem.
From the guardian.co.uk
The first time I saw him on TV he was chasing an armadillo or, perhaps, a giant anteater.
From the guardian.co.uk
Since the anteater is a very solitary animal, it can be easily awoken.
From the en.wikipedia.org
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  • Pangolin: toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites
  • Any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
  • Aardvark: nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
  • Numbat: small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct
  • Anteaters are the four mammal species of the suborder Vermilingua commonly known for eating ants and termites. Together with the sloths, they compose the order Pilosa. The name "anteater" is also colloquially applied to the unrelated aardvark, numbat, echidna, and pangolin.
  • Anteater ("The Anteater" in Britain; "Ameisenbaer" in Germany) is a maze arcade game released in 1982 by Stern, where the player controls an anteater that elongates his proboscis through maze-like anthills eating ants. The player can only eat ants with the tip of the anteater's proboscis. ...
  • Any of several animals, in suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues; A common term used of some other unrelated species that feed with ants, including pangolin ("scaly anteater"), echidna ("spiny anteater"), aardvark and ...
  • Kenworth T-600; this truck was so-named because of its sloped hood, and was one of the first trucks with an aerodynamic design. Also known as an aardvark.