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Giant Anteater

Giant Anteater. Myrmecophaga Tridactyla. J.B. Hochstuhl. Habitat. Rainforests Grasslands mixed forest semiarid regions of Central and South America. diet. ground-dwelling ants Termites army ants fruit Larvae. Size. 40-48 in 28-35 in

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Giant Anteater

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  1. Giant Anteater Myrmecophaga Tridactyla J.B. Hochstuhl

  2. Habitat • Rainforests • Grasslands • mixed forest • semiarid regions of Central and South America

  3. diet • ground-dwelling ants • Termites • army ants • fruit • Larvae

  4. Size • 40-48 in • 28-35 in • 44-90 lbs. (males slightly heavier than females) • Small face • Small eyes • Long snout • Large front legs and front claws • Walk on knuckles to protect claws • Long bushy tail • Long coarse fur • Narrow body • Long tongue

  5. Housing requirements • at night, scrapes out a hollow hole in soil to sleep, or uses an existing burrow of another animal • when it sleeps, it curls its bushy tail around it self • -helps keep warm • -tail is almost as long as body

  6. Climate • Warm weather

  7. Predators/prey • pumas • jaguars

  8. reproduction • Pregnant 6 months • Reproduce in 2-4 years • One offspring

  9. Interesting facts • solitary animals except for breeding pairs or mothers with offspring • ignore one another • territorial creatures • ranges of up to 10 square miles • claws are so sharp they are even able to kill a jaguar • Live up to 26 years in captivity

  10. endangerment • Put on in 1982 • Cars • Hunting • Killing for items

  11. conservation • The Sacramento Zoo works to educate the public • Recycling

  12. Quiz • When can they get pregnant? • Where do they live? • How long are their bodies? • How old do they get? • When were they put on the red list?

  13. Work cited • http://library.thinkquest.org/5053/SouthAmerica/giantanteater.html • http://www.saczoo.org/Document.Doc?id=270

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