Myrmecophaga tridactyla (large mammal)

Mass: 29 kg based on Sanderson 1949 and Shaw et al. 1987

Diet: insectivore based on Redford 1986

Abundance: 0.28 to 24.39% (median 1.58%)

Latitudinal range: -25.6° to 15.4°

Habitats: desert/xeric shrubland (1), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (4), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (8), tropical/subtropical savanna (6), tropical/subtropical wetland (1)

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Found in 21 samples

Argentina: Bañados del Quirquincho (bañadero forest)

Bolivia: Santa Rosa (control)

Brazil: Fazenda Sta Emília (acurí forest), Caxiuanä National Forest (March), Uacari Sustainable Development Reserve, Floresta Nacional Amapâ (dry season), Floresta Nacional Amapâ (wet season), Augusto Ruschi Biological Reserve, Iguaçu National Park, Purus Project, Formosa Military Training Area, Cachoeira Seca Indigenous Land I, Sertäo Veredas-Peruaçu mosaic

Colombia: Palmar de Altamira (bosque), Palmar de Altamira (sabana), Palmar de Altamira (palmar 2009), Palmar de Altamira (palmar 2011-2012), Laguna del Petrolero

Honduras: Rio Sikre

Peru: Los Amigos Conservation Concession (2006), Ichigkat Muja - Cordillera del Cóndor National Park (2018)

Size measurements:
♀ body mass16500 kgN = 1Sanderson 1949
♀ body mass29200 kgN = 12Shaw et al. 1987
♂ body mass21400 kgN = 1Sanderson 1949
♂ body mass32100 kgN = 12Shaw et al. 1987
♀ ear length50 mmN = 1Sanderson 1949
♂ ear length55 mmN = 1Sanderson 1949
♀ head and body length970 mmN = 1Sanderson 1949
♂ head and body length1260 mmN = 1Sanderson 1949
♀ hind foot length130 mmN = 1Sanderson 1949
♂ hind foot length165 mmN = 1Sanderson 1949
♀ tail length560 mmN = 1Sanderson 1949
♂ tail length790 mmN = 1Sanderson 1949

See also Myrmecophaga