Ant Eater Gallery

Giant anteater or antbear, Myrmecophaga tridactyla

Giant anteater or antbear, Myrmecophaga tridactyla (Great ant-eater, Myrmecophaga jubata). Illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith, engraved by Thomas Landseer. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Edward Griffith's The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1825. Date:

© Florilegius/Mary Evans

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Numbats (Myrmecobius fasciatus)

Numbats (Myrmecobius fasciatus), mating pair. During the breeding season, male Numbats develop a bright red sternal gland that they use to scent-mark their territory. Female Numbats come into oestrus for only a 48-hour period, in which time mating occurs. Dryandra Woodland, Western Australia

© Robert McLean/AUSCAPE All rights reserved

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PPC-20015

PPC-20015
Short-beaked / short-nosed / Spiny ECHIDNA - Also known as a Spiny Anteater - young in burrow
Distribution: Australia, Tasmania and SE New Guinea
Tachyglossus Aculeatus
D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook

© David Parer & Elizabeth Parer-Cook / ardea.com

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