Figs. 107 and 108 show the entire abdominal portion of the alimentary tract in tamandua bivittata, the little ant-eater of Brazil. |
I observe that Rudolphi distinctly refers to this edentate as the tamandua. |
The southern tamandua has an elongated snout and is covered by creamy yellow-brown fur. |
Sloths and slender lorises can both grip tightly with all four limbs, but some mammals, like a tamandua, need their hands free for feeding, so have a gripping tail. |
The tamandua feeds on ants and termites which it catches with its long, sticky tongue. |
When left by the tamandua to their own devices there were myriads still surviving. |