🐾Giant anteater
Мурахоїд великий велетенський або трипалий (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) — найбільший представник надряду неповнозубих ряду Pilosa. Етимологія: грец. μύρμηξ — «мураха», грец. φάγ — «їсти»; грец. τρία — «три», грец. δάκτυλος — «палий». Розривши великими кігтями термітник чи мурашник, тварина довгим висунутим язиком добуває приблизно 30 000 мурах і термітів на день.
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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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- 31 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
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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- 184 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size1COMBINEOther 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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Тварини, які потрапили в кадр
Справжні відео тварин із цього сайту: як вони полюють, б’ються і просто живуть своїм життям.
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