Southern tamandua
Tamandua tetradactyla / Southern tamandua
- Habitat
- tropical rainforests, sparse deciduous forests and thornbush savannahs
- Continent
- South America
- Food
- Termites, ants and beetle larvae
- Gestation/breeding period
- 180 days
- Mode of life
- Solitary
- Class
- Mammals
- Order
- Pilosa
Key facts
~ 70 cm
size
~ 8 kg
weight
~ 20 years
age
How endangered are Southern tamanduas?
by IUCN (Red List of Threatened Species)
- Not evaluated
- Data deficient
-
Least concern Least concern - Near threatened
- Vulnerable
- Endangered
- Critically endangered
- Extinct in the wild
- Extinct
Did you know?
The tongue of the tamandua is about 40 centimetres long and very sticky.
Southern tamandua on the zoo tour
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