| In the echidna, anteaters, and pangolins, there are qualitative differences in tongue construction. |
| Some mammals, like tree pangolins and tamanduas eat arboreal ants and termites. |
| Interpreting the extreme similarity in anteaters and pangolins remains problematic due to lingering disagreement among phylogenetic hypotheses. |
| Like pangolins, aardvarks have a long, protrusile tongue and a gizzard-like stomach. |
| Even if pangolins are the sister group of carnivores, aardwolves are well nested within Carnivora in the family Hyaenidae. |
| Young pangolins are soft-scaled at birth and are carried on the female's back for some time. |
