1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ANTEATER, a term applied to several mammals, but (zoologically at any rate) specially indicating the tropical American anteaters of the family Uyrmecopkagidae (see EDENTATA). The typical and largest representative of the group is the great anteater or ant-bear (Myrmecopkagajubata) , an animal measuring 4 ft. in length without the tail, and 2 ft in height at the shoulder. Its prevailing colour is grey, with a broad black band, bordered with white, commencing on the chest, and passing obliquely over the shoulder, dim…
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