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Tamandua

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Tamandua
20 to 24 inches tall, nocturnal, arboreal anteater, cream, tan or black with a brown to black collar. Includes Tamandua tetradactyla (syn. Myrmecophaga tamandua).


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The IUCN, for example, helps support two such efforts in Brazil: One is a conservation program of the Sao Paulo Zoological Park Foundation that seeks to preserve silky anteaters; the other is Projeto Tamandua a small Brazilian nongovernmental organization that promotes giant anteater conservation and research.
Her pets, Pua and Stewie, are Tamandua anteaters, native to South America and a pretty rare sight in Oregon.
In the last 12 months, the zoo has celebrated the birth of a tamandua anteater, a Malayan tapir, a fourth offspring for the zoo's giant anteaters and two red panda cubs - all facing extinction in the wild.
 
 
 
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