2. ANTEATERS :
Anteaters are the several medium-sized ants or insects eating
mammals that are usually found in the Southern Hemisphere.
Anteaters are edentate, which means they don’t have teeth.
They do, though, consume insects with their long anteater tongue
which make up the majority of their diet.The most well-known of
the four species, GiantAnteaters, can consume up to 35,000 ants
or termites in a single day.
Anteaters most likely want to be with their kinds and they like to
be disturbed
4. HABITAT:
Anteaters are mammals that are usually found in the habitats such
as the rainforests, grasslands, savannas, and dry tropical forests.
The giant anteater is a creature that can be found in Central and
South America’s grasslands, wetlands, jungles, and lower
mountain ranges.They need vast grassy areas with lots of ants, as
well as patches of trees, to survive.
The Northern tamanduas are found to live in the rainforest,
plantations, gallery forest, and arid savannahs. Northern
tamanduas also live near streams and trees with a lot of vines,
which are also home to ant and termite nests.
They sleep in hollow trees or other animals’ burrows while they
are not around. Northern tamanduas sometimes swim between
islands in Panama
5. Reproduction
and
life cycle...
All the female anteaters are known to give birth to a single baby.
The gestation period is not the same as it varies by different
species and also by the region .
The gestation period for giant anteaters is around 190 days, while
the gestation period for tamanduas is between 130 and 150 days.
The gestation period for silky anteaters is 120 days.
6. Male anteaters can breed every nine months and anteaters
usually reach sexual maturity between the ages of 3 to 4 years.
Anteaters’ lifespan is fourteen years when they are in the wild and
they can live up to twenty-six years when they are in captivity
Female silky anteaters raise their young in a dry leaf nest within a
tree trunk. Both parents raise the children, with the male holding
the baby on his back at times. Semi-digested insects are
regurgitated by parents to feed their children.The average
lifetime of these species is 2.3 years.
7. Sleeping habits
and life span...
Sleep Habits
Giant anteater lifestyles appear to depend on the human
population density around them.The more populated the area,
the more likely the anteaters will be nocturnal; in less populated
areas, anteaters are diurnal.
Lifespan
Lifespan in the wild is unknown. However, they can live up to 26
years in human care.
8. FOODS...
Insects are the main food source for anteaters, which they catch with their very
long tongues.
Some of the things anteaters eat are.
worms
Some fruits
Lizards
Snakes
Turtles
grasshoppers
spiders
scorpions
Carrion
Carrots
