Mass: 4.8 kg based on Sanderson 1949 and Richard-Hansen et al. 1999

Diet: insectivore based on Oyarzun et al. 1996

Abundance: 0.06 to 10.00% (median 1.24%)

Latitudinal range: -29.8° to 4.8°

Habitats: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), temperate savanna (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (5), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (12), tropical/subtropical savanna (7), tropical/subtropical wetland (1)

Found in 27 samples

Brazil: Fazenda Sta Emília (acurí forest), Fazenda Cauaia (camera trapping), Estrada do Porto (2005), Tapiraí and Piedade Municipalities, Floresta Nacional Amapâ (dry season), Humaitâ Forest Reserve, Augusto Ruschi Biological Reserve, Ibicuí River, Reserva Natural Vale (year 2), Reserva Natural Vale (year 4), Iguaçu National Park, Purus Project, Formosa Military Training Area, Private Reserve of Natural Heritage Recanto das Antas, Sertäo Veredas-Peruaçu mosaic

Colombia: El Amparo (transect D), El Amparo (transect E), Palmar de Altamira (bosque), Palmar de Altamira (sabana), Palmar de Altamira (palmar 2009), Palmar de Altamira (palmar 2011-2012), Laguna del Petrolero

Paraguay: Isla Alta

Peru: Los Amigos Conservation Concession (2005), Los Amigos Conservation Concession (2006), Ichigkat Muja - Cordillera del Cóndor National Park (2018), Ichigkat Muja - Cordillera del Cóndor National Park (2019)

♂ body mass	4500 kg	N = 1	Sanderson 1949
body mass	4800 kg	N = 47	Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♀ ear length	54 mm	N = 1	Sanderson 1949
♂ ear length	50 mm	N = 1	Sanderson 1949
ear length	53 mm	N = 47	Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♀ head and body length	570 mm	N = 1	Sanderson 1949
♂ head and body length	540 mm	N = 1	Sanderson 1949
head and body length	561 mm	N = 47	Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♀ hind foot length	83 mm	N = 1	Sanderson 1949
♂ hind foot length	90 mm	N = 1	Sanderson 1949
hind foot length	96 mm	N = 47	Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
skull length	134 mm	N = 1	Tamsitt and Valdivieso 1964
♀ tail length	511 mm	N = 1	Sanderson 1949
♂ tail length	580 mm	N = 1	Sanderson 1949
tail length	569 mm	N = 47	Richard-Hansen et al. 1999

See also Tamandua, Tamandua mexicana