What is Giant anteater?
{{Taxobox | name = Giant anteater | status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1 | trend = down | image = Myresluger.jpg | image_width = 250px | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | superordo=[[Xenarthra]] | ordo = [[Pilosa]] | familia = [[Myrmecophagidae]] | genus = '''''Myrmecophaga''''' | genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758 | binomial = ''Myrmecophaga tridactyla'' | binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758 }} The '''giant anteater''', ''Myrmecophaga'', is an [[animal]] that lives in [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]].It is also known as the '''ant bear''' It the only mammal without [[teeth]]. Its diet consists of [[termites]] and [[ants]], hence the name. It is the largest anteater: its length is between 182&nbsp;cm and 217&nbsp;cm. Males weigh between 33 and 41&nbsp;kg, female are 27 and 39&nbsp;kg. This species lives on the ground, in contrast to other living anteaters and [[sloth]]s which are [[arboreal]] or semi-arboreal. It forages in open areas and rests in more [[forest]]ed [[habitats]]. == Mode of life == The giant anteater is [[adapted]] to eat termites and ants, and does not have any teeth in its mouth. It uses its front claws to dig them up and its long, sticky tongue to collect them. They eat about 30,000 ants and termites every day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/giant-anteater|title=Giant Anteater {{!}} San Diego Zoo Animals & Plants|website=animals.sandiegozoo.org|access-date=2019-05-06}}</ref> The tongue can reach up to {{convert|45|cm|in|abbr=on}}, longer than the length of the skull, and move in and out around 160 times per minute (nearly three times per second). The anteater's tongue has little to no attachments to the [[hyoid]] and this is what allows it to flick its tongue at such distances and speed.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Reiss, K. Z.|year=1997|title=Myology of the Feeding Apparatus of Myrmecophagid Anteaters (Xenarthra: Myrmecophagidae)|volume=4|issue=2|pages=87–117|doi=10.1023/A:1027366129277|jour