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/Home/Sciences/Life Sciences/Animals & Pets/Wildlife/Ant Eater Anteaters Votes:0 ANTEATERS There are 4 species of American anteater. All species have extremely elongate snouts and no teeth. Their tongues are long and covered with a sticky salivary secretion, which enables them to trap insects easily. The largest species, the giant anteater, is ground dwelling, while the other, smaller species are essentially arboreal. Anteaters live in the tropical forests and swamps of South America. They are only active at night. Anteaters eat ants and termites . Back to Contents Page Read More Go to Site AWF: Wildlife: Pangolin Votes:0 SEARCH My AWF | Shop | Adopt an Animal | Safaris | DONATE The pangolin's scales are made up of the same protein that makes up human hair. Home > Wildlife > Pangolin Pangolin Physical Characteristics Three types of pangolins exist in Africa-the giant pangolin, the tree pangolin and the most widespread, the ground pangolin. Pangolins have small heads and long, broad tails. They are toothless and have no external ears, although their hearing is good. Their sense of scent is well-developed, but their sight is poor. The weight of the protective keratinous scales and skin make up about 20% of the pangolin's weight. The animal preens itself by scratching with the hind legs, lifting its scales so the claws can reach the skin. It also uses its tongue to remove insects from under the scales. ^ Back Read More Go to Site Giant Anteater Votes:0 Giant Anteater I am going to be talking about the giant anteaterand the adaptations of the giant anteater . Environment The giant anteater lives in Central SouthAmerica. It lives inthe Amazon rainforest on the forest floor. All of the tall trees inthe upper layers of the rainforest make the forest floor very humid.It is also very dark on the forest floor becuase all of the treesblock out the sun. The temperature in the rainforest rarly risesabove 93°F and rarly drops below 68°F. There is an averageof 50 to 200 inches of rainfall every year. There is also a widevariety of animals in the rainforest including the jaguar and panthera predator of the anteater. Adaptations of the Giant Anteater The anteater lives in rainforests and grasslands.The rainforest is very humid. Living in th Read More Go to Site

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