silky anteater


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Related to silky anteater: Cyclopes didactylus, Southern Tamandua
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Noun1.silky anteater - squirrel-sized South American toothless anteater with long silky golden fursilky anteater - squirrel-sized South American toothless anteater with long silky golden fur
Cyclopes didactylus, two-toed anteater
New World anteater, anteater - any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
Cyclopes, genus Cyclopes - only the silky anteater
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some of these include the emerald tree boa, the silky anteater, the golden cock-of-the-rock, the golden lion tamarin, and the hoatzin.
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The smallest and least known of the four are the squirrel-sized silky anteaters. Measuring only twelve to nineteen inches long and weighing but ten to seventeen ounces, silky anteaters are rarely seen and little studied.
The allure of anteaters: attracting increased attention from scientists and the general public alike, these endearing creatures are "ambassadors" for wildlife conservation and research

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