Giant anteater

Myrmecophaga tridactyla, the giant anteater (Myrmecophagidae), is the largest living anteater and the only member of its genus. Total length is 182–217 cm, including a head-body of 100–130 cm and a tail of 65–90 cm; males weigh 33–50 kg, females 27–47 kg. The tubular snout is about 30 cm long, the toothless, sticky tongue extends some 45 cm and flicks about 160 times a minute, and body temperature is an unusually low 32.7 °C. It ranges from Honduras to northern Argentina, visiting up to about 200 ant and termite nests a day. IUCN rated it Vulnerable in 2014.