Anteater

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SCIENTIFIC NAME Myrmecophaga tridactyla

RANGE Central and South America, from Honduras to northern Argentina

LOCATION IN THE ZOO South America’s Pantanal

COOL ANIMAL FACT Giant anteaters are the largest of the four anteater species. They can eat up to 35,000 ants and termites in a day and have no teeth.

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South America's Pantanal