Giant Anteater

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Giant anteater
Conservation status: Lower risk (nt)

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Superorder: Xenarthra
Order: Pilosa
Suborder: Vermilingua
Family: Myrmecophagidae
Genus: Myrmecophaga
Linnaeus, 1758
Species: M. tridactyla
Binomial name
Myrmecophaga tridactyla
Linnaeus, 1758

Giant Anteater is an animal that lives in South America. It is famous because it is the only mammal without teeth. It eats a lot of ants, hence the name.