Giant anteater

This enormous relative of sloths and armadillos is found all the way from Honduras to Argentina, but has gone extinct in several parts of this range, and is considered vulnerable to extinction everywhere. More than 250 are maintained in more than 100 zoos around the world, where they breed frequent

Giant Anteaters Maripi and Pablo at the National Zoo. What is it about animals riding around on their mother's backs that I love ??

Learn all you need to know about Giant Anteaters with pictures, videos, photos, facts, and news from National Geographic Australia.

At the zoo Ant Eater

The white anteater, known as Alvin, was first spotted late last year clinging to his mother's back.

Beneath this dopey exterior lies a finely-tuned ant eating machine.

anteater, (suborder Vermilingua), any of four species of toothless, insect-eating mammals found in tropical savannas and forests from southern Mexico to Paraguay and northern Argentina. They are long-tailed animals with elongated skulls and tubular muzzles. The mouth opening of the muzzle is small, but the salivary glands are large and secrete sticky saliva onto a wormlike tongue, which can be as long as 60 cm (24 inches) in the giant anteater. Anteaters live alone or in pairs (usually…