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Myrmecophagidae : ウィキペディア英語版
Myrmecophagidae

The Myrmecophagidae are a family of anteaters, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek words for 'ant' and 'eat' (''myrmeco-'' and ''phagos''). Two genera and three species are in the family, consisting of the giant anteater, and the tamanduas. The fossil ''Eurotamandua'' from the Messel Pit in Germany may be an early anteater, but its status is currently debated.
==Characteristics==
Myrmecophagids are medium to large animals, with distinctively elongated snouts and long, narrow tongues. They have powerful claws on their toes, enabling them to rip open termite mounds and ant nests to eat the insects inside. They have no teeth, but produce a large amount of sticky saliva to trap the insects, as well as backward-pointing spines on their tongues. Ants and termites are almost their only food in the wild, and their primary source of water, although they sometimes also drink free-standing water, and occasionally eat fruits.

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