The anteater is part of the suborder Vermilingua, which appropriately means "worm tongue." There are four species of anteaters: giant anteater, silky anteater, northern tamandua, and southern tamandua ...

At first glance, an anteater looks like a creature imagined by someone mixing parts from different animals. It has a long, narrow snout, a tongue that seems far too long to be real, shaggy fur, ...