🐾Giant anteater
Stor myresluger er et sydamerikansk pattedyr fra ordenen Gumlere (Xenarthra) og familien Myreslugere (Myrmecophagidae). Den er almindeligt kendt for at spise myrer og termitter, og kan spise helt op til 30.000 myrer på én dag. Dyret lever i Syd- og Mellemamerika, det vejer mellem 25-50 kg og har en længde på 150-200 cm, plus hale (60-90 cm). Myreslugerne kan blive op til 20-25 år gamle. Myreslugeren kan leve både i skov, på græssletter og i vådområder. De har ingen faste territorier, men deres søgen efter egnet føde (30.000 termitter eller myrer dagligt) bringer dem langt omkring. Myreslugeren er meget specialiseret i sin fødesøgning. Den har kraftige kløer til at rive termitboer fra hinanden med. Dens tunge er omkring 20 cm lang og specielt konstrueret til at fange myrer og termitter med. Myreslugeren lever alene, kun ved parring og opfostring af unger ser man flere myreslugere sammen.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.
- Body mass
- 30 kg
- Body length
- 1.51 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 32 years
Everything we know about the Giant anteater
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass30 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 29 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length1.51 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass84 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan32 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length11 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity3.4 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation184 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range4 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density0.55 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l30 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Giant anteater yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderPilosa
- ›familyMyrmecophagidae
- ›genusMyrmecophaga
- ›speciesMyrmecophaga tridactyla
- classMammals · Mammalia
- suborderVermilingua
- familyMyrmecophagidae
- genusMyrmecophaga
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- orderPilosa
- suborderVermilingua
- familyMyrmecophagidae
- genusMyrmecophaga
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