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Myrmecophaga

noun
1.
Type genus of the Myrmecophagidae; South American ant bear.  Synonym: genus Myrmecophaga.



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... Thus, for example, we have the convoluted windpipe of the sloth, reminding us{83} of the condition of the windpipe in birds; and in another mammal, allied to the sloth, namely the great ant-eater (Myrmecophaga), we have again an ornithic character in its horny gizzard-like stomach. In man and the highest apes the caecum has a vermiform appendix, as it has also in ...
— On the Genesis of Species • St. George Mivart


Words linked to "Myrmecophaga" :   mammal genus, tamanoir, ant bear, great anteater, giant anteater, family Myrmecophagidae, Myrmecophagidae


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