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What is a tamandua?

What is a tamandua? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An anteater of the genus Tamandua.
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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.
Like the last genus, tamandua has a rudimentary clavicle, this bone being well developed in the little Cycloturus.
The tamandua feeds on ants and termites which it catches with its long, sticky tongue.
The tamandua is much less than the tamanoir, being only three and a half feet in length, while the latter is over seven.
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.

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